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(Sept. Ôùâåßè , Ôùâåßô , Ôùâßô ; Vulg. Tobias; et. Lat. Tobi, Thobi, Tobis), the son of Tobiel and father of Tobias (Tobit 1, 1, etc.). The name appears to answer to èåֹáַé , Tob, which occurs frequently in later times (Fritzsche, Ad Tobit 1, 1), and not (as Welte, Einleitung, p. 65) to èåֹáַéָּä , Tobiah; yet in that case Ôùâßò , according to the analogy of Ëåú v ò ( ìֵåַé ), would have been the more -natural form. The etymology of the word is obscure. Ilgen translates it simply “my goodness;” Fritzsche regards it as an abbreviation of èåֹáַéָּä , comparing Ìåë÷ß (Luk_3:24; Luk_3:28), çַæַ÷ַé , etc. (Ad Tob. loc. cit.). The form in the Vulg. is of no weight against the old Latin, except so far as it shows the reading of the Chaldaic text which Jerome used, ia which the identity of the names of the father and son is directly affirmed (1, 9, Vulg.). SEE TOBIT, BOOK OF.