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Tobit

Tobit proper noun: a book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.

Proper noun

Tobit

  1. A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
  2. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
    • I Tobit have walked all the days of my life in the ways of truth and justice, and I did many almsdeeds to my brethren, and my nation, who came with me to Nineve, into the land of the Assyrians.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Tobit 1:3

Noun

Tobit (uncountable)

  1. a model where the dependent variable is censored.

Tobit meaning in Arabic

Tobit in Arabic

the book of the Bible
سِفْر طُوبِيَا sifr ṭūbiyā

Origin of Tobit

From the Ancient Greek Τωβίτ (Tōbít), from Hebrew טוֹבִי (tovi, literally “my good”).

Coined by A. S. Goldberg in 1964 as these type of models were first proposed by James Tobin and are similar to probit models.

Questions about Tobit

What does Tobit mean?
Tobit means a book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
What is Tobit in Arabic?
Tobit in Arabic is سِفْر طُوبِيَا (sifr ṭūbiyā). See Tobit meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Tobit?
Tobit can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Tobit in the dictionary

  1. tobiko
  2. Tobin
  3. tobine
  4. tobines
  5. Tobins
  6. Tobit
  7. Toblach
  8. Tobler
  9. Toblerone
  10. Toblerone tunnel
  11. Toblerone tunnels

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