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
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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
Breathings and accents there are none except in Tobit vi.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
Father and Tobit are walkin' this way, and lookin' right at the mill.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
In the following versions the hero is saved on the wedding night, or the bride is purified by some means: Tobit, Armenian, Gypsy, Siberian, Russian I., Russian II.,
From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gordon Hall Gerould
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