the name of a district (
ôὰ Ôùâßïõ
v.r.
Ôïõâßïõ
; Vulg. loca Tubin), where, in the time of the Maccabees, was an extensive colony of Jews (1 Maccabees 5, 13); probably identical with the land of TOB SEE TOB (q.v.) mentioned in the history of Jephthah (Jdg_11:3, b).