Tobias

Tobias is a Greek version of the Hebrew biblical name "Tobijah", meaning "God is good". It is a popular male given name in Germany, Scandinavia, the United States and amongst Jewish people. In English-speaking countries it is often shortened to Toby. Other diminutives are Tobi (English, Germany), Tobsen (Germany) and Tobbe (Sweden). Tobias has also been a surname.

Biblical

Several people are called Tobias in The Bible:

• Tobias, son of Tobit; "Book of Tobias" is an older name for the Book of Tobit
• Tobias the elder
• Tobias, father of Hircanus
• Tobiah (Ammonite)
• Tobias, brother-in-law of Onias II, father of the Joseph who succeeded in pacifying Ptolemy III Euergetes.
• Tobbe, son-in-law of Onias III, son of Onias II

As a given name

Middle name

• Abraham Tobias Boas
• Albert Tobias Clay
• Ferdinand Tobias Richter
• J. Tobias Anderson
• Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor
• Johann Tobias Beck
• Johann Tobias Bürg (astronomer)
• Johann Tobias Krebs (composer)
• Johann Tobias Mayer

Derivative name

• Tobey Maguire
• Tobiah ben Eliezer

As a surname

The surname Tobias may refer to the following people:

• Andrew Tobias, American journalist, author and columnist
• Channing Heggie Tobias
• Charles Tobias, American songwriter
• Cleverson de Alencar Tobias, Brazilian football midfielder
• Errol Tobias, former South African rugby union footballer
• George Tobias, American character actor
• Gert & Uwe Tobias
• Herbert Tobias
• Jenny Kendall-Tobias, British radio presenter
• Jesse Tobias, American guitarist
• John Tobias, American co-creator of the Mortal Kombat fighting game series
• Mahlon Tobias
• Marc Tobias
• Michael Tobias
• Murray Tobias
• Nataliya Tobias
• Oliver Tobias, British film, stage and TV actor
• Paul Tobias, former member of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses
• Phillip V. Tobias, South African palaeoanthropologist
• Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, former United States Director of Foreign Assistance and administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development
• Rudolf Tobias, first Estonian professional composer
• Seth Tobias
• Timothy J. Tobias
• Todd Tobias

Places

• Tobias, Nebraska, A US village
• Tobias Barreto, Sergipe, a municipality in Brazil
• Tobias Fornier, Antique, a municipality in the Philippines
• Tobías Bolaños International Airport in Costa Rica
• Tobias-Thompson Complex, a US National Historic Landmark

Arts

Tobias and the Angel is the title given to paintings and other artworks depicting a scene in which Tobias, son of Tobit, meets an angel without realising he is an angel (Book of Tobit, 5.5-6) and is then instructed by the angel what to do with a giant fish he catches (Book of Tobit, 6.2-9), including:

Paintings

Tobias and the Angel (Verrocchio), painting

Tobias and the Angel (Filippino Lippi), painting

Three Angels and Young Tobias, painting, by Raphael

• "Tobias and the Angel", print by Hercules Seghers
• "Tobias and the Angel", 1875 painting by Evelyn De Morgan

Literature/Theatre

• Tobias and the Angel (Jonathan Dove), community opera
• "Tobias and the Angel", 1975 novel by Frank Yerby

Companies

• Tobias (bass guitar company)
• Michael Tobias Design bass guitar company

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