Tobit
Americannoun
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a book of the Apocrypha.
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a devout Jew whose story is recorded in this book.
noun
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a pious Jew who was released from blindness through the help of the archangel Raphael
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a book of the Apocrypha relating this story
Example Sentences
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Tobit includes a narrative about a young woman named Sarah.
From Salon • Aug. 1, 2020
Another example appears in the book of Tobit.
From Salon • Aug. 1, 2020
Cod. א exhibits breathings, apparently by the original scribe, in Tobit vi.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
"Survey this clearin'!" put in Tobit, with his raven throat, and certainly in a somewhat menacing tone.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
These figures are most probably obtained by adding to the ordinary canonical books Maccabees, Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, Jubilees, Enoch, the Ascension of Isaiah, Ezra IV.,
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
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