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ṭōviyyāhū טוֹבִיָּ֫הוּ ‘Tobiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ṭōv טוֹב ‘pleasant / good / welfare’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: טוב יה

ṭōviyyāhū pr n m pers
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

Mentioned in Zechariah 6:10, 6:14 Ezra 2:60 Nehemiah 3:35, 6:17, 6:19, 2:10, 6:1, 6:14, 6:12, 13:4, 13:7, 2:19, 7:62, 4:1, 13:8 2 Chronicles 17:8

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