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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.
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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, Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijath, 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 - sons of Delaiah, sons of Tobiah, sons of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - and Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them -- a great evil -- that a man hath come in to seek good for the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - And Sanballat the Horonite heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, 'What is this thing that ye are doing? against the king are ye rebelling?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - And Tobiah the Ammonite is by him and saith, 'Also, that which they are building -- if a fox doth go up, then it hath broken down their stone wall.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 - And it cometh to pass, when Sanballat hath heard, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, that lengthening hath gone up to the walls of Jerusalem, that the breeches have begun to be stopped, then it is very displeasing to them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 - And it cometh to pass, when it hath been heard by Sanballat, and Tobiah, and by Geshem the Arabian, and by the rest of our enemies, that I have builded the wall, and there hath not been left in it a breach, (also, till that time the doors I had not set up in the gates,)

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - And I discern, and lo, God hath not sent him, for in the prophecy he hath spoken unto me both Tobiah and Sanballat hired him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:14 - Be mindful, O my God, of Tobiah, and of Sanballat, according to these his works, and also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets who have been making me afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:17 - Also, in those days the freemen of Judah are multiplying their letters going unto Tobiah, and those of Tobiah are coming in unto them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - also, his good deeds they have been saying before me, and my words they have been taking out to him; letters hath Tobiah sent to make me afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:62

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:4 - And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, is a relation of Tobiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - and I come in to Jerusalem, and understand concerning the evil that Eliashib hath done for Tobiah, to make to 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 is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without, out of the chamber,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:10 - to take of the captivity (who came from Babylon) from Heldai, from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah, 'and thou hast come in -- thou, in that day, yea, thou hast come into the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:14 - And the crown is to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of Jehovah.
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