Tobit

[ toh-bit ]

/ ˈtoʊ bɪt /

noun

a book of the Apocrypha.

a devout Jew whose story is recorded in this book.

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Examples from the Web for tobit

Judith and Tobit follow Esther, and next comes the twelve minor prophets, and so on.
Who Wrote the Bible?|Washington Gladden
I had rather then a hundred times have Botticelli's armed angel in his Tobit at Florence.
First and Last Things|H. G. Wells
There lieth Tobit the prophet, of whom Holy Writ speaketh of.
The Travels of Sir John Mandeville|John Mandeville
The ever-recurring possibility of a recollection of Tobit on the part of the European story-tellers7 should not be forgotten.
The Grateful Dead|Gordon Hall Gerould

There were also a number of scenes from the books of Kings, of Job, and of Tobit; none of these have as yet been reproduced.
Woman under Monasticism|Lina Eckenstein

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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