First names in Hebrew

First name Tobias: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

טוביה

Gematria value: 32

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Tobias is written טוביה

Tobias is the Greek form of your name, טוביה in Hebrew.

Meaning and origin

What does Tobias mean?

Meaning: "God is good"
Origin: Hebrew

Your name is Hebrew: tov, "good", and a short form of the divine Name: "God is good", "the goodness of God". It is a boy's name worn in Jewish families, Ashkenazi and Sephardic alike; Greek made it Tobias, a form much loved in Germany and Scandinavia.

Gematria

Tobias = 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 Tobias, 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

Tobias, in nine pages

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

Frequently asked

Tobias in three answers

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

What is the gematria value of Tobias?
Written טוביה, Tobias 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 Tobias mean?
God is good (origin: Hebrew). Your name is Hebrew: tov, "good", and a short form of the divine Name: "God is good", "the goodness of God". It is a boy's name worn in Jewish families, Ashkenazi and Sephardic alike; Greek made it Tobias, a form much loved in Germany and Scandinavia.