Strong H2900H2900Jטוֹבִיָּ֫הוּ
Tobijah
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 Zec.6.10
Meaning of the name
Tobiah = "Jehovah is good"
General definition
In the biblical story
Tobijah
Postexilic Jew who provided silver and gold for crowns
Tobijah was a postexilic Jew who, along with others, provided silver and gold to make crowns for Joshua the high priest.
In the Bible
Strong H2900J appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tobijah2
First verses
- Zechariah 6:10Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, 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 6:14And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the Lord.