Tubieni

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tū - bi - ē´nı̄ ( πρὸς τοὺς λεγομένους Τουβιήνους Ἰουδαίους , prós toús legoménous Toubiḗnous Ioudaı́ous , "unto the Jews that are called Tubieni"): Men of Tob (which see) who had occupied the town of Charax ( 2 Maccabees 12:17 ).

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( Τουβιῆνοι ; Alex. Τουβεῖνοι ; Vulg. Tubiancei ) . The "Jews called Tubieni" lived about Charax, 750 stadia from a strongly fortified city called Caspis ( 2 Maccabees 12:17). They were doubtless the same who are elsewhere mentioned as living in the towns of Toubion (A.V. "Tobie"), which again is probably the same with the TOB (See Tob) (q.v.) of the Old Test.