"Tobit" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: From the Ancient Greek Τωβίτ (Tōbít), from Hebrew טוֹבִי (tovi, literally “my good”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Τωβίτ}} Ancient Greek Τωβίτ (Tōbít), {{der|en|he|טוֹבִי|lit=my good|tr=tovi}} Hebrew טוֹבִי (tovi, literally “my good”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tobit
  1. (biblical) A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants. Categories (topical): Biblical characters, Books of the Bible Translations (the book of the Bible): سِفْر طُوبِيَا (sifr ṭūbiyā) [masculine] (Arabic), ܟܬܒܐ ܕܛܘܒܝܛ [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), Թոբիթ (Tʻobitʻ) (Armenian), Tobíes (Asturian), Llibre de Tobies [masculine] (Catalan), Tobit [masculine] (German), Tobias [masculine] (German), Τωβίτ (Tovít) [masculine] (Greek), טוֹבִי (tovi) [masculine] (Hebrew), Księga Tobiasza [feminine] (Polish), Księga Tobita [feminine] (Polish), Tobit [masculine] (Romanian), Книга Товита (Kniga Tovita) [feminine] (Russian), Књига о Товиту [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Тобијa [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Knjiga o Tobitu [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Tobija [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Tobías [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Tobit-en-name-WNCjbje6 Disambiguation of Books of the Bible: 74 24 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 24 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 63 33 4 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'the book of the Bible': 63 37
  2. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew. Tags: rare Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (male given name): ܛܘܒܝܛ [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), Tobias [masculine] (German), Τωβίτ (Tovít) [masculine] (Greek), Tobiasz [masculine] (Polish), Tobías [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Tobit-en-name-xvbLEMNE Disambiguation of 'male given name': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Etymology: Coined by A. S. Goldberg in 1964 as these type of models were first proposed by James Tobin and are similar to probit models. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Tobit (uncountable)
  1. (statistics) a model where the dependent variable is censored. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-Tobit-en-noun-T9YDoVDq Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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