Tobiah

A man, in the time of Exile and Return · named in 2 verses

the name means goodness of Jehovah Strong's Lexicon

Tobiah was an ancestor of some returned exiles who were unable to prove their Israelite lineage and were excluded from the priesthood.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Pleasing to Jehovah, the "servant," the "Ammonite," who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile (Neh. 2:10). He was a man of great influence, which he exerted in opposition to the Jews, and "sent letters" to Nehemiah "to put him in fear" (Neh. 6:17-19). "Eliashib the priest" prepared for him during Nehemiah's absence "a chamber in the courts of the house of God," which on his return grieved Nehemiah sore, and therefore he "cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber" (13:7, 8).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

First named at Ezra 2:60.

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Verses that name Tobiah

Ezra 2:60 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 652 in all.
Nehemiah 7:62 the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642 in all.