Tobias

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See also: Tobías, Tóbiás, and Tobiáš

English

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Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tobias

  1. The main character in the Book of Tobit, regarded as apocryphal by most Protestants (Biblical character).
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC:
      : Tobit 5:16:
      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.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew.
  3. A surname

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Danish

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Proper noun

Tobias

  1. Tobias (biblical character)
  2. a male given name

Dutch

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Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoː.bi.ɑs/
  • Hyphenation: To‧bi‧as
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Tobias m

  1. Tobias (Biblical character)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew

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Proper noun

Tobias m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Tobias: Tobiasarson or Tobiasson
  • daughter of Tobias: Tobiasardóttir or Tobiasdóttir

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Tobias
accusative Tobias
dative Tobiasi
genitive Tobiasar

German

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tobias

  1. Tobias (biblical character)
  2. a male given name

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Biblical Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tobīās m sg (genitive Tobīae); first declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Tobias or Toby

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

singular
nominative Tobīās
genitive Tobīae
dative Tobīae
accusative Tobīān
ablative Tobīā
vocative Tobīā

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

Tobias m

  1. Tobias (biblical character)
  2. a male given name

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

Tobias m

  1. Tobias (biblical character)
  2. a male given name

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: To‧bi‧as

Proper noun

Tobias m (invariable)

  1. a male given name
  2. (biblical) Tobias (biblical character)
  3. (biblical) Tobit (book of the Bible)

Coordinate terms

books of the Catholic Old Testament: livros do Antigo Testamento católicoedit

Swedish

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Alternative forms

Proper noun

Tobias c (genitive Tobias)

  1. Tobias (biblical character)
  2. a male given name

Usage notes

  • Tobias was used as a Christian form of Torbjörn in the Middle Ages.

See also

  • Tobbe (common nickname for someone named Tobias, Thobias or Torbjörn)

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 31 196 males with the given name Tobias living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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