Strong H2900H2900Hטוֹבִיָּ֫הוּ
Tobiah
One of the 4 senses of Strong H2900
- Transliteration
- ţôbîyâh ţôbîyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {to-bee-yaw'} to-bee-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.60
Meaning of the name
Tobiah = "Jehovah is good"
General definition
In the biblical story
Tobiah
Ancestor of returned exiles unable to prove lineage
Tobiah was an ancestor of some returned exiles who were unable to prove their Israelite lineage and were excluded from the priesthood.
In the Bible
Strong H2900H appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tobiah2
First verses
- Ezra 2:60The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
- Nehemiah 7:62The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.