Tobiah means “Tobijah” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G2900 — krataios (“mighty”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H2900 טּוֹבִיָה טּוֹבִיָהוּ (Towbiyah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Towbiyah (to-bee-yaw') (or Towbiyahuw {to-bee-yaw'-hoo}) n/p. 1. goodness of Jehovah 2. Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan It has 17 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include tobijah. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Towbiyah (to-bee-yaw') (or Towbiyahuw {to-bee-yaw'-hoo}) n/p. 1. goodness of Jehovah 2. Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan [from H2896 and H3050] KJV: Tobiah, Tobijah. Root(s): H2896, H3050
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Tobijah
Usage: A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.8 § 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Towbiyah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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17 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2900.
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.
Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah;
And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.
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Tobiah (Strong's H2900) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Tobijah". Towbiyah (to-bee-yaw') (or Towbiyahuw {to-bee-yaw'-hoo}) n/p. 1. goodness of Jehovah 2. Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan
This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's H2900 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2900 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as tobijah. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.