Tobias
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tobias
- 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.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]biblical character
|
male given name
|
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tobias
- Tobias (biblical character)
- a male given name
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tobias m
- Tobias (Biblical character)
- a male given name from Hebrew
Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tobias m
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]Patronymics
- son of Tobias: Tobiasarson or Tobiasson
- daughter of Tobias: Tobiasardóttir or Tobiasdóttir
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Tobias |
Accusative | Tobias |
Dative | Tobiasi |
Genitive | Tobiasar |
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Tobias
- Tobias (biblical character)
- a male given name
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Biblical Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /toˈbiː.aːs/, [t̪ɔˈbiːäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /toˈbi.as/, [t̪oˈbiːäs]
Proper noun
[edit]Tobīās m sg (genitive Tobīae); first declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Tobias or Toby
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Tobīās |
Genitive | Tobīae |
Dative | Tobīae |
Accusative | Tobīān |
Ablative | Tobīā |
Vocative | Tobīā |
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tobias m
- Tobias (biblical character)
- a male given name
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tobias m
- Tobias (biblical character)
- a male given name
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
Proper noun
[edit]Tobias m
- (biblical) Tobit (book of the Bible)
- (biblical) Tobias (biblical character)
- a male given name
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tobias.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (livros do Antigo Testamento católico) Génesis/Gênesis (Brazil), Êxodo, Levítico, Números, Deuteronómio/Deuteronômio (Brazil), Josué, Juízes, Rute, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Reis, 2 Reis, 1 Crónicas/1 Crônicas (Brazil), 2 Crónicas/2 Crônicas (Brazil), Esdras, Neemias, Tobias, Judite, Ester, 1 Macabeus, 2 Macabeus, Jó, Salmos, Provérbios, Eclesiastes, Cântico dos Cânticos, Sabedoria, Eclesiástico, Isaías, Jeremias, Lamentações, Baruque, Ezequiel, Daniel, Oseias, Joel, Amós, Abdias, Jonas, Miqueias, Naum, Habacuc, Sofonias, Ageu, Zacarias, Malaquias (Category: pt:Books of the Bible)
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tobias c (genitive Tobias)
- Tobias (biblical character)
- a male given name
Usage notes
[edit]- Tobias was used as a Christian form of Torbjörn in the Middle Ages.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] 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.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Hebrew
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Hebrew
- English surnames
- en:Biblical characters
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish male given names
- da:Biblical characters
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms derived from Hebrew
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch given names
- Dutch male given names
- Dutch male given names from Hebrew
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese male given names
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German male given names
- de:Biblical characters
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Biblical Hebrew
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the first declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin given names
- Latin male given names
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål given names
- Norwegian Bokmål male given names
- nb:Biblical characters
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk male given names
- nn:Biblical characters
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Bible
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese male given names
- pt:Books of the Bible
- pt:Biblical characters
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names
- sv:Biblical characters