Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tobit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
to-bit
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A male given name from Hebrew.

noun

a model where the dependent variable is censored.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Τωβίτ, טוֹבִי

Usage

Questions

What does tobit mean?
A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
Where does tobit come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce tobit

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