Tobias

See also: Tobiáš

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈbaɪəs/

Proper noun

Tobias

1. The main character in the Book of Tobit, regarded as apocryphal by most Protestants. (biblical character)
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version: 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.

Derived terms

• Tobias night

Related terms

• Tobiah
• Toby

Translations

biblical character

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

Anagrams

• biotas

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Cebuano

Proper noun

Tobias

2. a male given name
3. (biblical) Tobias

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Danish

Proper noun

Tobias

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

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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

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German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Tobias

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

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Tobias

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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Tobias m

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tobias.

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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.