tobit in English

noun
1
a pious Israelite living in exile in Assyria, described in the Apocrypha.

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1. Apocryphal Jewish books, such as Judith and Tobit, actually allude to Greek erotic legends.

2. In the apocryphal Book of Tobit he appears in human disguise and conquers the demon Asmodeus.

3. The Tobit model takes into account that the dependent variable is truncated and constrained to be non-negative.

4. The Septuagint includes a number of books commonly referred to as the Old Testament Apocrypha – for example, Tobit, Wisdom, I and II Maccabees, and Judith

5. The writer of The Epistle of Polycarp refers to Tobit to give credence to the idea that the giving of alms has power to deliver the giver from death.

6. The idea of seven archAngels is most explicitly stated in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit when Raphael reveals himself, declaring: "I am Raphael, one of the seven Angels who stand in the glorious presence of the Lord, ready to serve him." (Tobit 12:15) The other two Angels mentioned by name in the Bible are archangel Michael and angel Gabriel

7. The books of the Apocrypha include 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, the Letter of Jeremiah, Prayer of Manasseh, 1 Maccabees, and 2 Maccabees, as well as additions to the books of Esther and Daniel

8. The word “Apocrypha” (απόκρυφα) means “Hidden.” These books consist of 1 and 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, the Rest of Esther, the Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, (also titled Ecclesiasticus), Baruch, The Letter of Jeremiah, Song of the Three Young Men, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, The

9. A'-man (Aman; Codex Vaticanus reads Adam): Tobit 14:10; Additions to Esther 12:6; 16:10,17, probably in each case for HAman, the arch-enemy of the Jews in the canonical Book of Esther (compare Esther 3:1 with Additions to Esther 12:6)

10. In the Catholic Church, three Archangels are mentioned by name in its canon of scripture: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.Raphael appears in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, where he is described as "one of the seven angels who stand ready and enter before the glory of the lord of spirits", a phrase recalled in Revelation 8:2–6.

11. Ap-er-tan': Only once in English Versions of the Bible, namely, in Jeremiah 10:7, for ya'ah "it becometh," "it is seemly," Vulgate "Tuum est enim decus," "it is Thy honor."Generally in the sense of "to belong to" (Leviticus 6:5, "to whom it appertaineth"); Nehemiah 2:8, "the castle which Appertained to the house" (Tobit 6:12; 1 Esdras 8:95; 1

12. Ap-er-tan': Only once in English Versions of the Bible, namely, in Jeremiah 10:7, for ya'ah "it becometh," "it is seemly," Vulgate "Tuum est enim decus," "it is Thy honor."Generally in the sense of "to belong to" (Leviticus 6:5, "to whom it Appertaineth"); Nehemiah 2:8, "the castle which Appertained to the house" (Tobit 6:12; 1 Esdras 8:95; 1 Macc 10:42).