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טוֹבִיָּ֫הוּ

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Tobiah

A man of the Ammonites living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.2.10; married to daughter_of_Shecaniah (H7935N); father of: Jehohanan (H3076O) § 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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

טוֺבִיָּ֫הוּ, טוֺבִיָּה proper name, masculine (Yah(u) is my good) —

1. טוֺבִיָּהוּ a Levite, assigned to reign of Jehoshaphat 2Chr 17:8, not ᵐ5; ᵐ5^L Τωβιας, elsewhere טוֺבִיָּה ᵐ5 Τωβια(ς).

2. Ammonite adversary of Nehem. Neh 2:10; Neh 2:19; Neh 3:35; Neh 4:1; Neh 6:1; Neh 6:12; Neh 6:14; Neh 6:17 (twice in verse); Neh 6:19; Neh 13:4; Neh 13:7; Neh 13:8.

3. head of a family of returning exiles of doubtful lineage Ezra 2:60 = Neh 7:62.

4. a chief of returning exiles Zech 6:10; Zech 6:14, ᵐ5 χρησίμων(‐μοις)αὐτῆς, i.e. טוֺבֶיהָ.

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