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
The group is peculiar in that all the members of it are folk-tales, save three: Tobit, Danish III. and Old Wives’ Tale.
From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gordon Hall Gerould
Why is the book of Jonah in the Canon, and the book of Tobit in the Apocrypha?
From The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism by G. W. (George William) Foote
The Catholics claim as inspired the books of Maccabees, Tobit, Esdras, etc.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll
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