First names in Hebrew

First name Tobiah: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

טוביה

Gematria value: 32

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Tobiah is written טוביה

Tobiah is the English form of your name, טוביה in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Tobiah mean?

Meaning: "God is good"
Origin: Hebrew

Tobiah is the form your name takes in the English Bible. The Hebrew name means “God is good”: the word tov, “good”, followed by the ending that refers to God.

Gematria

Tobiah = 32

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. טוביה has 5 letters:

• טthe letter Tet9
• וthe letter Vav6
• בthe letter Bet2
• יthe letter Yod10
• הthe letter He5
• Total32

The verse of the name

From the letter Tet to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Tobiah, from ט to ה:

טָעֲמָה כִּי־טוֹב סַחְרָהּ לֹא־יִכְבֶּה בַלַּיְלָה נֵרָהּ׃

“She senses that her trade is good; her lamp does not go out at night.”

Proverbs 31:18

The book of your first name

Tobiah, in nine pages

• Tobiah, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Tobiah
• Tobiah, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Tobiah in three answers

How do you write Tobiah in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Tobiah is written טוביה. Tobiah is the English form of your name, טוביה in Hebrew.

What is the gematria value of Tobiah?
Written טוביה, Tobiah is worth 32: the letter Tet (9) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter He (5).

What does Tobiah mean?
God is good (origin: Hebrew). Tobiah is the form your name takes in the English Bible. The Hebrew name means “God is good”: the word tov, “good”, followed by the ending that refers to God.