Tobit
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Origin of the name Tobias:
A borrowing from the Ecclesiastic Late Latin, Tobias is from the Ecclesiastic Greek Tōbias, which is from the Hebrew Tuviya, a name derived from tōbhīyāh (the Lord is good, God is good).
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The Hebrew form of Tobias, meaning "God is my good". The Book of Tobit is a part of the Apocrypha, found in older Catholic Bibles. Verses from this book are often used at Christian weddings.
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Tobit, righteous man who delivers his wife Sarah from a demon in the biblical Book of Tobit.
Tobit Roche, English artist.
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