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Lexicon :: Strong's H2900 - ṭôḇîyâ

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טוֹבִיָּה
Transliteration
ṭôḇîyâ
Pronunciation
to-bee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

טוֹבִיָּה Ṭôwbîyâh, to-bee-yaw'; or טוֹבִיָּהוּ Ṭôwbîyâhûw; from H2896 and H3050; goodness of Jehovah; Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan:—Tobiah, Tobijah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H2900 in the following manner: Tobiah (15x), Tobijah (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H2900 in the following manner: Tobiah (15x), Tobijah (3x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טוֹבִיָּה Ṭôwbîyâh, to-bee-yaw'; or טוֹבִיָּהוּ Ṭôwbîyâhûw; from H2896 and H3050; goodness of Jehovah; Tobijah, the name of three Israelites and of one Samaritan:—Tobiah, Tobijah.
STRONGS H2900: Abbreviations
† טוֺבִיָּ֫הוּ, טוֺבִיָּה proper name, masculine (Yah(u) is my good) —
1. טוֺבִיָּהוּ a Levite, assigned to reign of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:8, not Greek Version of the LXX; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Τωβιας, elsewhere טוֺבִיָּה Greek Version of the LXX Τωβια(ς).
2. Ammonite adversary of Nehemiah. Nehemiah 2:10, 19; Nehemiah 3:35 [Nehemiah 4:3] Nehemiah 4:1; Nehemiah 6:1, 12, 14, 17 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 6:19; Nehemiah 13:4, 7, 8.
3. head of a family of returning exiles of doubtful lineage Ezra 2:60＝Nehemiah 7:62.
4. a chief of returning exiles Zechariah 6:10, 14, Greek Version of the LXX χρησίμων (-μοις) αὐτῆς, i.e. טוֺבֶיהָ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Chronicles

17:8

Ezra

2:60

Nehemiah

2:10; 2:19; 4:1; 4:3; 6:1; 6:12; 6:14; 6:17; 6:19; 7:62; 13:4; 13:7; 13:8

Zechariah

6:10; 6:14

H2900

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2900 matches the Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (ṭôḇîyâ),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:8 - and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah H2900, and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:60

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:60 - the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah H2900, the sons of Nekoda, 652.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:10 - Then Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah H2900 the Ammonite [fn]official heard about it, and it was a very great evil to them that someone had come to seek the good of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:19 - But Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah H2900 the Ammonite [fn]official and Geshem the Arab heard it. And they mocked us and despised us and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:3 - Now Tobiah H2900 the Ammonite was near him and he said, “Even what they are building—if a fox should [fn]jump on it, he would break their stone wall down!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:7 -

[fn]Now it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah H2900, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the [fn]repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the places broken down began to be closed, they were very angry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:1 -

Now it happened when it was heard by Sanballat, Tobiah H2900, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach remained in it, although at that time I had not made the doors to stand in the gates,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - Then I recognized [fn]that surely God had not sent him, but he spoke his prophecy against me because Tobiah H2900 and Sanballat had hired him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:14 - Remember, O my God, Tobiah H2900 and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were trying to make me afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:17 - Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah to Tobiah H2900, and Tobiah’s H2900 letters came to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:19 - Moreover, they were speaking about his good deeds in my presence and bringing my words to him. Then Tobiah H2900 sent letters to make me afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:62 -

the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah H2900, the sons of Nekoda, 642.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:4 -

Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, who was put in charge over the chambers of the house of our God, being [fn]related to Tobiah H2900,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:7 - and I came to Jerusalem and discerned the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah H2900, by preparing a chamber for him in the courts of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:8 - It was very evil to me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s H2900 household goods out of the chamber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:10 - “Take an offering from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah H2900, and Jedaiah; and you come the same day and come into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have come from Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:14 - “Now the crown will become a memorial in the temple of Yahweh to Helem, Tobijah H2900, Jedaiah, and [fn]Hen the son of Zephaniah.
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