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 includes a narrative about a young woman named Sarah.

From Salon

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

From Project Gutenberg

Of course it is possible to suppose that the theme came to the Semites from the West, and was by them disseminated in Asia;21 but the early date of Tobit renders it unlikely that such was the case.

From Project Gutenberg

Probably the first combination of the theme was with The Poison Maiden, which the valuable evidence of Tobit enables us to date as taking place as early as the middle of the first century and in western Asia.

From Project Gutenberg