Tobit

[toh-bit]

noun

1. a book of the Apocrypha.

2. a devout Jew whose story is recorded in this book.

Tobit

/ ˈtəʊbɪt /

noun

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

2. a book of the Apocrypha relating this story

Example Sentences

Another example appears in the book of Tobit.

From Salon

Tobit, the earliest variant which we possess,20 is distinctly Semitic in origin and colouring.

From Project Gutenberg

And some really believe that he works miracles, and say it is the devil mentioned in Tobit, whom the angel Gabriel drove into the utmost parts of Egypt.”

From Project Gutenberg

It is arranged thus: Type The death of Tobit.

From Project Gutenberg

Tobit, tō′bit, n. an apocryphal Old Testament book, containing the story of Tobit.

From Project Gutenberg