Meanings
Tobit1
- biblicalA book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
- rareA male given name from Hebrew.
I Tobit have walked all the days of my life in the ways of truth and justice, and I did many almsdeeds to my brethren, and my nation, who came with me to Nineve, into the land of the Assyrians.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Tobit 1:3
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Origin
Tobit · proper noun
- Hebrewטוֹבִי
- Ancient GreekΤωβίτ
- EnglishTobit
From the Ancient Greek Τωβίτ (Tōbít), from Hebrew טוֹבִי (tovi, literally “my good”).
More words from Ancient Greek, Hebrew
Full word history & related roots →Tobit · noun
Coined by A. S. Goldberg in 1964 as these type of models were first proposed by James Tobin and are similar to probit models.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سِفْر طُوبِيَا
- سِفْر طُوبِيَا (sifr ṭūbiyā)the book of the Bible
Catalan Llibre de Tobies
- Llibre de Tobiesthe book of the Bible
German Tobit, Tobias
- Tobitthe book of the Bible
- Tobiasthe book of the Bible
- Tobiasmale given name
Greek Τωβίτ, Τωβίτ
- Τωβίτ (Tovít)the book of the Bible
- Τωβίτ (Tovít)male given name
Hebrew טוֹבִי
- טוֹבִי (tovi)the book of the Bible
Polish Księga Tobiasza, Księga Tobita
- Księga Tobiaszathe book of the Bible
- Księga Tobitathe book of the Bible
- Tobiaszmale given name
Romanian Tobit
- Tobitthe book of the Bible
Russian Книга Товита
- Книга Товита (Kniga Tovita)the book of the Bible
Spanish Tobías, Tobías
- Tobíasthe book of the Bible
- Tobíasmale given name
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Cite this entry
Tobit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tobit
“Tobit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tobit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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