Tobit
/ˈtoʊ.bɪt/noun
Tobit is the central figure and title of a deuterocanonical biblical book about an Israelite man aided by the angel Raphael.
Did you know?In the Book of Tobit, the archangel Raphael travels in disguise and helps drive away the demon Asmodeus using a ritual involving a fish’s heart and liver.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Northwest Semitic
Semitic
ṭ-b
“A root expressing goodness or being good”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
ṭôbî
“My good, or my goodness”
2nd–1st Century BCE
Aramaic
Ṭôbî
“The personal name of Tobit in the Semitic-language tradition”
2nd–1st Century BCE
Greek
Tōbeit
“Greek form of the name in the Septuagint tradition”
Late Antiquity
Latin
Tobit
“Latin form used for the biblical figure and book”
Middle English onward
English
Tobit
“The name of the biblical character and the title of the deuterocanonical book”