Tob.

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abbreviation

Tobit.

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How to use Tob. in a sentence

Their losses are computed at 30,000 slain, and among these they bewailed the loss of Abou Eyub or Tob.
The Walls of Constantinople|Bernard Granville Baker
I had to let Tob and his ship go out over the rim of the horizon unwatched.
The Lost Continent|C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
"You have come to the wrong bird here for a plucking," said Tob with a heavy laugh.
The Lost Continent|C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
There is a passage in one of the letters of Ebed-Tob which may throw further light on the history of the temple-hill.
Patriarchal Palestine|Archibald Henry Sayce

Ebed-Tob sends to the men of the city of Keilah; he sends silver, and they have marched against my rear.
Patriarchal Palestine|Archibald Henry Sayce

British Dictionary definitions for Tob.

Tob.

abbreviation for

Tobit

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