טוֹבִיָּה

Strong’s Definition

Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan

Etymology & Derivation

or טוֹבִיָּהוּ; from H2896 (טוֹב) and H3050 (יָהּ); goodness of Jehovah;

KJV Usage

Tobiah, Tobijah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Ṭôwbîyâh; Pronunciation: to-bee-yaw'