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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 - With them were certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tob-Adonijah—and the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:60

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:60 -
The descendants of
Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda652

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us. “What is this you are doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the people of Ashdod heard that the repairs to Jerusalem’s walls had gone ahead and that the gaps were being closed, they were very angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it—though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates—

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:14 - Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, my God, because of what they have done; remember also the prophet Noadiah and how she and the rest of the prophets have been trying to intimidate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:17 - Also, in those days the nobles of Judah were sending many letters to Tobiah, and replies from Tobiah kept coming to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - Moreover, they kept reporting to me his good deeds and then telling him what I said. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:62 -
the descendants of
Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda642

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:4 - Before this, Eliashib the priest had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God. He was closely associated with Tobiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib had done in providing Tobiah a room in the courts of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:8 - I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:10 - “Take silver and gold from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon. Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:14 - The crown will be given to Heldai,[fn] Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen[fn] son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the temple of the LORD.
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