# Tobias
## English
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təˈbaɪəs/

### Proper noun

Tobias
* The main character in the Book of Tobit, regarded as apocryphal by most Protestants (Biblical character).
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:: Tobit 5:16:
    Then said he to Tobias, Prepare thyself for the journey, and God send you a good journey. And when his son had prepared all things far the journey, his father said, Go thou with this man, and God, which dwelleth in heaven, prosper your journey, and the angel of God keep you company. So they went forth both, and the young man's dog with them.
* A male given name from Hebrew.
* A surname

#### Derived terms

* Tobias acid
* Tobias night

#### Related terms

* Tobiah
* Toby

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* biotas

## Danish
### Proper noun

Tobias
* Tobias (biblical character)
* a male given name

## Dutch
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoː.bi.ɑs/
* Hyphenation: To‧bi‧as
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Tobias m
* Tobias (Biblical character)
* a male given name from Hebrew

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Tobias m
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

Patronymics
* son of Tobias: Tobiasarson or Tobiasson
* daughter of Tobias: Tobiasardóttir or Tobiasdóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Tobias
* Tobias (biblical character)
* a male given name

## Latin
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Biblical Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /toˈbiː.aːs/, [t̪ɔˈbiːäːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /toˈbi.as/, [t̪oˈbiːäs]

### Proper noun

Tobīās m sg (genitive Tobīae); first declension
* a male given name, equivalent to English Tobias or Toby

#### Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Tobias m
* Tobias (biblical character)
* a male given name

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Tobias m
* Tobias (biblical character)
* a male given name

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /toˈbi.ɐs/
* (Brazil) IPA: /toˈbi.ɐs/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /toˈbi.ɐʃ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /toˈbi.as/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tuˈbi.ɐʃ/ [tuˈβi.ɐʃ]

### Proper noun

Tobias m
* (biblical) Tobit (book of the Bible)
* (biblical) Tobias (biblical character)
* a male given name

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tobias.

#### Coordinate terms

* Génesis (Portugal) ~ Gênesis (Brazil)
* Êxodo
* Levítico
* Números
* Deuteronómio (Portugal) ~ Deuteronômio (Brazil)
* Josué
* Juízes
* Rute
* 1 Samuel
* 2 Samuel
* 1 Reis
* 2 Reis
* 1 Crónicas (Portugal) ~ 1 Crônicas (Brazil)
* 2 Crónicas (Portugal) ~ 2 Crônicas (Brazil)
* Esdras
* Neemias
* Tobias
* Judite
* Ester
* 1 Macabeus
* 2 Macabeus
* Jó
* Salmos
* Provérbios
* Eclesiastes
* Cântico dos Cânticos
* Sabedoria
* Eclesiástico
* Isaías
* Jeremias
* Lamentações
* Baruque
* Ezequiel
* Daniel
* Oseias
* Joel
* Amós
* Abdias
* Jonas
* Miqueias
* Naum
* Habacuc
* Sofonias
* Ageu
* Zacarias
* Malaquias

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* Thobias

### Proper noun

Tobias c (genitive Tobias)
* Tobias (biblical character)
* a male given name

#### Usage notes

* Tobias was used as a Christian form of Torbjörn in the Middle Ages.

### See also

* Tobbe (common nickname for someone named Tobias, Thobias or Torbjörn)

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 31 196 males with the given name Tobias living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.