Tobias
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Tobias is a Greek version of the Hebrew biblical name "Tobijah", meaning "Jehovah [God] is good". It is a popular male given name in Germany, Scandinavia, the United States and amongst Jewish people . In English-speaking countries it is often shortened to Toby. Other diminutives are Tobi (English, Germany) and Tobbe (Sweden).
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[edit] People named Tobias
[edit] In the Bible
In the Bible there are several people called Tobias:
- Tobias, son of Tobit
- "Book of Tobias" is an older name for the Book of Tobit
- Tobias and the Angel is the title given to paintings and other artworks depicting a scene in which Tobias, son of Tobit, meets an angel without realising he is an angel (Book of Tobit, 5.5-6) and is then instructed by the angel what to do with a giant fish he catches (Book of Tobit, 6.2-9). Examples include:
- Tobias and the Angel (Verrocchio), painting
- Tobias and the Angel (Filippino Lippi), painting
- Three Angels and Young Tobias, painting, by Raphael
- "Tobias and the Angel", print by Hercules Seghers
- "Tobias and the Angel", 1875 painting by Evelyn De Morgan
- Tobias and the Angel (Jonathan Dove), community opera
- "Tobias and the Angel", 1975 novel by Frank Yerby
- Tobias the elder
- Tobias, father of Hircanus
- Tobiah (Ammonite)
- Tobias, brother-in-law of Onias II, father of the Joseph who succeeded in pacifying Ptolemy III Euergetes.
- Tobbe, son-in-law of Onias III, son of Onias II
[edit] Other people
- Tobias (Bishop of Jerusalem), Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, 114 AD
- Tibias (Bishop of Rochester), bishop of the Diocese of Rochester, England 716–727 AD
- Tobias Cohn, Polish-Jewish physician, 1652-1729.
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[edit] Places
- Tobias, Nebraska, A US village
- Tobias Fornier, Antique, a municipality in the Philippines
- Tobias, Sculpture of, A sculpture depicting Tobias, composed of members of four popular Scottish bands - the MixUps, The Leads, the Juggs and Pick and Mick.
