Tobias

See also: Tobías and Tobiáš

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈbaɪəs/

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

Derived terms

• Tobias acid
• Tobias night

Related terms

• Tobiah
• Toby

Translations

biblical character

• Amharic: ጦቢያስ (ṭobiyas)
• Arabic: طُوبِيَا m (ṭūbiyā)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: Tobias
• Finnish: Tobias (fi)
• French: Tobie (fr) m
• German: Tobias (de)
• Hebrew: טוֹבִיָּה m (toviyáh) טוּבִיָּה m (tuviyáh)
• Italian: Tobia (it)
• Norwegian: Tobias (no)
• Polish: Tobiasz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Tobias (pt) m
• Russian: То́биас (ru) m anim (Tóbias), То́вия m anim (Tóvija), То́вий m anim (Tóvij)
• Spanish: Tobías (es) m
• Swedish: Tobias (sv)

male given name

• Czech: Tobiáš (cs) m
• Danish: Tobias
• Finnish: Topias (fi)
• French: Tobie (fr) m
• German: Tobias (de)
• Greek: Τωβίας (el) m (Tovías)
• Greenlandic: Tuppia
• Hebrew: טוּבִיָּה m (túvyah)
• Hungarian: Tóbiás (hu)
• Irish: Tóibias
• Italian: Tobia (it)
• Latin: Tobias m
• Maori: Topia
• Norwegian: Tobias (no)
• Polish: Tobiasz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Tobias (pt) m
• Russian: То́биас (ru) m (Tóbias), Тоба́йес m (Tobájes), Тоба́йас m (Tobájas)
• Spanish: Tobías (es) m
• Swedish: Tobias (sv)
• Yiddish: טוביה (tevyeh)

Anagrams

• biotas

Danish

Proper noun

Tobias

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

Dutch

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

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Proper noun

Tobias m

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

Faroese

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Tobias

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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /toˈbiː.aːs/, [t̪ɔˈbiːäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /toˈbi.as/, [t̪oˈbiːäs]

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 with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tobīās
Genitive	Tobīae
Dative	Tobīae
Accusative	Tobīān
Ablative	Tobīā
Vocative	Tobīā

Norwegian

Proper noun

Tobias

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈbi.ɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈbi.ɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toˈbi.ɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈbi.as/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈbi.ɐʃ/ [tuˈβi.ɐʃ]

Proper noun

Tobias m

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tobias.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Thobias

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
• [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.