Tobias

From the Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “YHWH is good”).

• IPA^(key): /təˈbaɪəs/

Tobias

1. The main character in the Book of Tobit, regarded as apocryphal by most Protestants (Biblical character).
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
     : Tobit 5:16:

     Then said he to Tobias, Prepare thyself for the journey, and God send you a good journey. And when his son had prepared all things far the journey, his father said, Go thou with this man, and God, which dwelleth in heaven, prosper your journey, and the angel of God keep you company. So they went forth both, and the young man's dog with them.

2. A male given name from Hebrew.
3. A surname

• Tobias acid
• Tobias night

• Tobiah
• Toby

• biotas

Tobias

1. Tobias (biblical character)
2. a male given name

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoː.bi.ɑs/
• Hyphenation: To‧bi‧as

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Tobias m

1. Tobias (Biblical character).
2. a male given name from Hebrew

Tobias m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Tobias: Tobiasarson or Tobiasson
• daughter of Tobias: Tobiasardóttir or Tobiasdóttir

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Tobias

1. Tobias (biblical character)
2. a male given name

From Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Biblical Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (Toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /toˈbiː.aːs/, [t̪ɔˈbiːäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /toˈbi.as/, [t̪oˈbiːäs]

Tobīās m sg (genitive Tobīae); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Tobias or Toby

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Tobias

1. Tobias (biblical character)
2. a male given name

Tobias m

1. Tobias (biblical character)
2. a male given name

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tobias.

• Thobias

Tobias c (genitive Tobias)

1. Tobias (biblical character)
2. a male given name

• Tobias was used as a Christian form of Torbjörn in the Middle Ages.

• Tobbe (common nickname for someone named Tobias, Thobias or Torbjörn)

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 31 196 males with the given name Tobias living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.