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
Tobit, the earliest variant which we possess,20 is distinctly Semitic in origin and colouring.
From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall
Tobit, take your prisoner away, and shut him up in the store'us'.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
Breathings and accents there are none except in Tobit vi.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
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