"Tobias" meaning in English

See Tobias in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /təˈbaɪəs/
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|en|grc|Τοβίας|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), {{der+|en|grc|Τοβίας}} Derived from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), {{der|en|he|טוֹבִיָּה|lit=my good is YHWH|tr=toviyá}} Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tobias
  1. The main character in the Book of Tobit, regarded as apocryphal by most Protestants (Biblical character). Categories (topical): Biblical characters Translations (biblical character): ጦቢያስ (ṭobiyas) (Amharic), طُوبِيَا (ṭūbiyā) [masculine] (Arabic), Tobias [common-gender] (Danish), Tobias (Finnish), Tobie [masculine] (French), Tobias [masculine] (German), טוֹבִיָּה m טוּבִיָּה (toviyá) [masculine] (Hebrew), Tobia [masculine] (Italian), Tobias [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Tobias [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Tobiasz [masculine] (Polish), Tobias [masculine] (Portuguese), То́биас (Tóbias) [animate, masculine] (Russian), То́вия (Tóvija) [animate, masculine] (Russian), То́вий (Tóvij) [animate, masculine] (Russian), Tobías [masculine] (Spanish), Tobia [common-gender] (Swedish), То́вія (Tóvija) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Tobias-en-name-odShlo7M Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 58 34 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 41 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 35 42 23 Disambiguation of 'biblical character': 96 4 0
  2. A male given name from Hebrew. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (male given name): Tobiáš [masculine] (Czech), Tobias [common-gender] (Danish), Topias (Finnish), Tobie [masculine] (French), Tobias [masculine] (German), Τωβίας (Tovías) [masculine] (Greek), Tuppia (Greenlandic), טוּבִיָּה (tuviyá) [masculine] (Hebrew), Tóbiás (Hungarian), Tóibias [masculine] (Irish), Tobia [masculine] (Italian), Tobīās [masculine] (Latin), Topia (Maori), Tobias [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Tobias [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Tobiasz [masculine] (Polish), Tobias [masculine] (Portuguese), То́биас (Tóbias) [masculine] (Russian), Тоба́йес (Tobájes) [masculine] (Russian), Тоба́йас (Tobájas) [masculine] (Russian), Tobías [masculine] (Spanish), Tobias (Swedish), טבֿיה (tevye) [masculine] (Yiddish), טעוויע (tevye) (note: Soviet phonetic spelling) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Tobias-en-name-xvbLEMNE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Amharic translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 41 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 44 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Amharic translations: 34 44 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 27 54 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 57 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 28 54 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 54 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 33 44 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 46 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 32 47 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Greenlandic translations: 26 53 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 20 70 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 51 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 48 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 34 44 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 34 44 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 28 52 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 27 55 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 32 46 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 54 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 48 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 34 44 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 35 42 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 28 52 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 28 52 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 29 53 18 Disambiguation of 'male given name': 2 91 7
  3. A surname
    Sense id: en-Tobias-en-name-iong5iVh Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 41 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 35 42 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Tobias acid, Tobias night Related terms: Tobiah, Toby
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      "word": "Tobias night"
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          "ref": "Tobit 5:16",
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
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      "ipa": "/təˈbaɪəs/"
    }
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    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ṭobiyas",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "word": "ጦቢያስ"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭūbiyā",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "طُوبِيَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "toviyá",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "טוֹבִיָּה m טוּבִיָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobia"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobiasz"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Tóbias",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "То́биас"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Tóvija",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "То́вия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Tóvij",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "animate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "То́вий"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobías"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Tobia"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Tóvija",
      "sense": "biblical character",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "То́вія"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobiáš"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Topias"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Tovías",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Τωβίας"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Tuppia"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tuviyá",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "טוּבִיָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Tóbiás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tóibias"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobīās"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Topia"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobiasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Tóbias",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "То́биас"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Tobájes",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Тоба́йес"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Tobájas",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Тоба́йас"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tobías"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "word": "Tobias"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tevye",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "טבֿיה"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "note": "Soviet phonetic spelling",
      "roman": "tevye",
      "sense": "male given name",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "טעוויע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Tobias"
}

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