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Lexicon :: Strong's H2900 - ṭôḇîyâ

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טוֹבִיָּה
Transliteration
ṭôḇîyâ
Pronunciation
to-bee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

טוֹבִיָּה Ṭôwbîyâh, to-bee-yaw'; or טוֹבִיָּהוּ Ṭôwbîyâhûw; from H2896 and H3050; goodness of Jehovah; Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan:—Tobiah, Tobijah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H2900 in the following manner: Tobiah (15x), Tobijah (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H2900 in the following manner: Tobiah (15x), Tobijah (3x).

  1. Tobiah = "Jehovah is good"

    1. head of a family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel but who were unable to prove their connection with Israel

    2. the Ammonite who with Sanballat opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem

    3. a Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat

    4. a chief of the returning exiles

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טוֹבִיָּה Ṭôwbîyâh, to-bee-yaw'; or טוֹבִיָּהוּ Ṭôwbîyâhûw; from H2896 and H3050; goodness of Jehovah; Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan:—Tobiah, Tobijah.
STRONGS H2900: Abbreviations
† טוֺבִיָּ֫הוּ, טוֺבִיָּה proper name, masculine (Yah(u) is my good) —
1. טוֺבִיָּהוּ a Levite, assigned to reign of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:8, not Greek Version of the LXX; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Τωβιας, elsewhere טוֺבִיָּה Greek Version of the LXX Τωβια(ς).
2. Ammonite adversary of Nehemiah. Nehemiah 2:10, 19; Nehemiah 3:35 [Nehemiah 4:3] Nehemiah 4:1; Nehemiah 6:1, 12, 14, 17 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 6:19; Nehemiah 13:4, 7, 8.
3. head of a family of returning exiles of doubtful lineage Ezra 2:60＝Nehemiah 7:62.
4. a chief of returning exiles Zechariah 6:10, 14, Greek Version of the LXX χρησίμων (-μοις) αὐτῆς, i.e. טוֺבֶיהָ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Chronicles

17:8

Ezra

2:60

Nehemiah

2:10; 2:19; 4:1; 4:3; 6:1; 6:12; 6:14; 6:17; 6:19; 7:62; 13:4; 13:7; 13:8

Zechariah

6:10; 6:14

H2900

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2900 matches the Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (ṭôḇîyâ),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:8 - and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:60

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:60 - the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein (though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me: and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:14 - Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:17 - Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:62 - The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:4 - Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:8 - And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:10 - Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah; and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, whither they are come from Babylon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:14 - And 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 Jehovah.
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