טוֹבִיָּ֫הוּ

to.viy.yahTobijah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man18 occurrences4 books17 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
  • Tobiah: Ancestor of returned exiles unable to prove lineage
  • Tobiah: Ammonite official who opposed Nehemiah's rebuilding efforts
  • Tobijah: Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law
  • Tobijah: Postexilic Jew who provided silver and gold for crowns

Definition

or טוֹבִיָּהוּ; from H2896 and H3050; goodness of Jehovah; Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan
Traditional renderings: Tobiah, Tobijah.

Glossary entries

Tobiah Tobijah

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

18 total
  1. 2 Chronicles 17:8וְטֽוֹבִיָּ֛הוּ · Tobijah
    …accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
  2. Ezra 2:60טוֹבִיָּ֖ה · of Tobiah
    …the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all.
  3. Nehemiah 2:10וְטֽוֹבִיָּה֙ · and Tobiah
    But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
  4. Nehemiah 2:19וְטֹבִיָּ֣ה׀ · Tobiah
    But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
  5. Nehemiah 4:3וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה · Then Tobiah
    Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
  6. Nehemiah 4:7וְ֠טוֹבִיָּה · and Tobiah
    When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
  7. Nehemiah 6:1וְ֠טוֹבִיָּה · Tobiah
    When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—
  8. Nehemiah 6:12וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה · Tobiah
    I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
  9. Nehemiah 6:14לְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה · Tobiah
    O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.
  10. Nehemiah 6:17 (2×)טוֹבִיָּ֑ה · Tobiah; לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה · and Tobiah’s
    Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them.
  11. Nehemiah 6:19טוֹבִיָּ֖ה · And Tobiah
    Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
  12. Nehemiah 7:62טוֹבִיָּ֖ה · of Tobiah
    …the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.
  13. Nehemiah 13:4לְטוֹבִיָּֽה׃ · of Tobiah
    Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God
  14. Nehemiah 13:7לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔ה · on behalf of Tobiah
    …to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.
  15. Nehemiah 13:8טוֹבִיָּ֛ה · of Tobiah’s
    And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
  16. Zechariah 6:10טוֹבִיָּ֖ה · Tobijah
    “Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
  17. Zechariah 6:14וּלְטוֹבִיָּ֣ה · Tobijah
    The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious son of Zephaniah.