Ṭôwbîyâh — H2900

Definition

masculine proper noun

Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan

1. Tobiah = "Jehovah is good"
2. head of a family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel but who were unable to prove their connection with Israel
3. the Ammonite who with Sanballat opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem
4. a Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat
5. a chief of the returning exiles

Usually translated as

Tobiah, Tobijah

Origin

or Ṭôwbîyâhûw; from H2896 and H3050; goodness of Jehovah

• Derived from Ṭôwb (H2896)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Ṭôwbîyâh occurs 18 times in 17 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (13), Zechariah (2)

• 2 Chronicles 17:8 — And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah (וְטֽוֹבִיָּ֛הוּ), and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
• Ezra 2:60 — The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah (טוֹבִיָּ֖ה), the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
• Nehemiah 2:10 — When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah (וְטֽוֹבִיָּה֙) the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
• Nehemiah 2:19 — But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah (וְטֹבִיָּ֣ה) the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
• Nehemiah 4:3 — Now Tobiah (וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה) the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
• Nehemiah 4:7 — But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah (וְ֠טוֹבִיָּה), and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
• Nehemiah 6:1 — Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah (וְ֠טוֹבִיָּה), and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
• Nehemiah 6:12 — And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah (וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה) and Sanballat had hired him.
• Nehemiah 6:14 — My God, think thou upon Tobiah (לְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה) and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
• Nehemiah 6:17 — Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah (טוֹבִיָּ֑ה), and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
• Nehemiah 6:17 — Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah (לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה) came unto them.
• Nehemiah 6:19 — Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah (טוֹבִיָּ֖ה) sent letters to put me in fear.
• Nehemiah 7:62 — The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah (טוֹבִיָּ֖ה), the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
• Nehemiah 13:4 — And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah (לְטוֹבִיָּֽה):
• Nehemiah 13:7 — And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah (לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔ה), in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
• Nehemiah 13:8 — And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah (טוֹבִיָּ֛ה) out of the chamber.
• Zechariah 6:10 — Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah (טוֹבִיָּ֖ה), and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
• Zechariah 6:14 — And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah (וּלְטוֹבִיָּ֣ה), and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.