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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 he sent Levites: Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tobadonijah—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 sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, and the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and fifty-two;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official[fn] heard of it, they were deeply disturbed that a man had come to seek the well-being 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, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their stone wall.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - Now it happened, when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed, that they became very angry,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - Now it happened when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates),

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:14 - My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat, according to these their works, and the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have made me afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - Also they reported his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:62 - the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, six hundred and forty-two;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:4 - Now before this, Eliashib the priest, having authority over the storerooms of the house of our God, was allied with Tobiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - and I came to Jerusalem and discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing a room for him 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 bitterly; therefore I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the room.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:10 - “Receive the gift from the captives—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon—and go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:14 - “Now the elaborate crown shall be for a memorial in the temple of the LORD for Helem,[fn] Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen the son of Zephaniah.
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