טוֹבִיָּהוּ

to.viy.yah

Tobijah

Strong’s H2900Proper name, a person18 times in the Hebrew Bible

tobiah17

tobijah1

In the text

2 Chronicles 17:8וְטוֹבִיָּהוּ
accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
Ezra 2:60טוֹבִיָּה
the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all.
Nehemiah 2:10וְטוֹבִיָּה
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.
Zechariah 6:10טוֹבִיָּה
“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.

טוֹבִיָּ֫הוּ, טוֹבִיָּה n.pr.m. (Yah(u) is my good)

1. a Levite, assigned to reign of Jehoshaphat

2. Ammonite adversary of Nehem.

3. head of a family of returning exiles of doubtful lineage

4. a chief of returning exiles

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.