Tobit

Tobit
noun Etymology: Greek Tōbit Date: 1587 1. the elderly father of Tobias 2. a book of Scripture included in the Roman Catholic canon of the Old Testament and in the Protestant Apocrypha — see bible table

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  • Tobit — may refer to * Book of Tobit, a book of scripture that is part of the Catholic and Orthodox biblical canon * Tobit model, an econometric model for censored endogenous variables proposed by James Tobin …   Wikipedia

  • Tobit — To bit, n. A book of the Apocrypha. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tobit — Tobit, s.u. Tobias …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Tobit — Tobit, s. Tobias …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tobit — Tobit, s. Tobias …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tobit — Tobit,   Gestalt im Alten Testament, Tobias.   …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Tobit — [tō′bit] n. 1. a Hebrew captive in Nineveh 2. a book of the Apocrypha telling his story: abbrev. Tob or Tb …   English World dictionary

  • Tobit — /toh bit/, n. 1. a book of the Apocrypha. 2. a devout Jew whose story is recorded in this book. * * * Main character in the Bible s apocryphal book of Tobit. Tobit, a pious Jew living in exile in Nineveh, gives alms and buries the dead in… …   Universalium

  • Tobit — n. religious Israelite that lived in Nineveh at the end of the 8th century B.C. (Biblical), father of Tobias; book in the Roman Catholic Bible and the Protestant Apocrypha that bears Tobit s name …   English contemporary dictionary

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