Tobit

[ toh-bit ]

/ ˈtoʊ bɪt /

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noun

a book of the Apocrypha.

a devout Jew whose story is recorded in this book.

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How to use Tobit in a sentence

Witness the flight of the evil spirits into the remote parts of Egypt, driven by the smell of fishes' liver burned by Tobit.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
Here is also a beautiful allusion to the parting speech of the "sociable archangel," to Tobit and his son.
The Plays of Philip Massinger|Philip Massinger
It has been suggested that the phantom figures are Tobit and the Angel.
Turner|C. Lewis Hind
Things were in this state, when, some time after the interview just related, we had another visit from a party headed by Tobit.
The Chainbearer|J. Fenimore Cooper

There the cluster of heavy, lounging young men was, Thousandacres and Tobit walking apart, as when last seen.
The Chainbearer|J. Fenimore Cooper

British Dictionary definitions for Tobit

Tobit

/ (ˈtəʊbɪt) /

noun Old Testament

a pious Jew who was released from blindness through the help of the archangel Raphael

a book of the Apocrypha relating this story

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