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Tabitha <a href="../greek/5001.htm" title="5001">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Tabitha: Tabitha</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">Ταβιθά</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Noun, Indeclinable<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>Tabitha<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>tah-BEE-thah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(tab-ee-thah')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Tabitha<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>antelope; Tabitha, a Christian woman at Joppa.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Aramaic word טביתא (Tabitha), meaning "gazelle."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent of Tabitha is צְבִי (tsvi), Strong's Hebrew #6646, which also means "gazelle" or "beauty."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>Tabitha is a personal name used in the New Testament. It is the Aramaic name for a Christian woman in Joppa, known for her charitable works and acts of kindness. The name is translated as "Dorcas" in Greek, which also means "gazelle."<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, names often held significant meanings and were sometimes indicative of a person's character or role in society. The name "Tabitha" or "Dorcas" meaning "gazelle" could imply gracefulness or beauty, attributes associated with the animal. In the early Christian community, women like Tabitha played crucial roles in supporting the church through acts of charity and service.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>of Aramaic origin<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>"gazelle," Tabitha (also called Dorcas, see NG1393), a Christian woman<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Tabitha (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5000: Ταβιθά</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">Ταβιθά</span></span> (<span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">Ταβειθα</span>, see their Appendix, p. 155, and under the word <span class="greek2">εἰ</span>, <span class="greek2">ἰ</span>; the better accent seems to be <span class="greek2">Ταβιθά</span> (see <span class="abbreviation">Kautzsch</span>, as below)), <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="hebrew">טְבִיתָא</span>, a Chaldean name in the 'emphatic state' (<span class="abbreviation">Kautzsch</span>, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram. as above with, p. 11, writes it <span class="hebrew">טַבְיְתָא</span>, stative emphatic of <span class="hebrew">טַבְיָא</span>), Hebrew <span class="hebrew">צְבִי</span>, i. e. <span class="greek2">δορκάς</span>, which see), <span class="accented">Tabitha,</span> a Christian woman of Joppa, noted for her works of benevolence: <a href="/interlinear/acts/9-36.htm">Acts 9:36, 40</a>. (Cf. <span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span>, under the word <TOPIC:Tabitha>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Tabitha. <p>Of Chaldee origin (compare <a href="/hebrew/6646.htm">tsbiyah</a>); the gazelle; Tabitha (i.e. Tabjetha), a Christian female -- Tabitha. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/6646.htm">tsbiyah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>Ταβειθα Ταβειθά Ταβιθά Tabitha Tabithá<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/9-36.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 9:36</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun">N</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μαθήτρια ὀνόματι <b>Ταβιθά</b> ἣ διερμηνευομένη</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> named <span class="itali">Tabitha</span> (which<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> named <span class="itali">Tabitha,</span> which<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/9-36.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> disicple by name <span class="itali">Tabitha</span> which translated<p><b><a href="/text/acts/9-40.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 9:40</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun">N</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σῶμα εἶπεν <b>Ταβιθά</b> ἀνάστηθι ἡ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> he said, <span class="itali">Tabitha,</span> arise.<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the body said, <span class="itali">Tabitha,</span> arise. And<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/9-40.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> body he said <span class="itali">Tabitha</span> Arise<p><b><a href="/greek/5000.htm">Strong's Greek 5000</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5000.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/tabitha_5000.htm">Ταβιθά — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4999.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4999"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4999" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5001.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5001"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5001" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>