Quick Definition
Tabitha, antelope
Biblical Persons & Places
Tabitha
Woman living at the time of the New Testament
A woman living at the time of the New Testament, first mentioned at Act.9.36;
referred to as Tabitha (Ταβιθά), or Dorcas (Δορκάς).
Strong's Definition
the gazelle; Tabitha (i.e. Tabjetha), a Christian female
Derivation: of Chaldee origin (compare H06646);
KJV Usage: Tabitha
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ταβιθά (WH Ταβειθα, see their Appendix, p. 155, and under the word εἰ, ἰ; the better accent seems to be Ταβιθά (see Kautzsch, as below)), ἡ (θΐαΔιϊΘΰ, a Chaldean name in the 'emphatic state' (Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram. as above with, p. 11, writes it θΗαΐιΐϊΘΰ, stative emphatic of θΗαΐιΘΰ), Hebrew φΐαΔι, i. e. δορκάς, which see), Tabitha, a Christian woman of Joppa, noted for her works of benevolence: Act_9:36; Act_9:40. (Cf. B. D., under the word .)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Ταβιθά Tabitha 2x
antelope, Tabitha, pr. name, Act_9:36 ; Act_9:40
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
Ταβειθά
( Rec. Ταβιθά ), ἡ
(Aram. θΗαΐιΐϊΘΰ or θΐαΔιϊΘΰ ),
Tabitha: Act_9:36 ; Act_9:40 ( cf. Δορκάς ).†
Ταβιθά , see Ταβειθά .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Ταβειθά [page 624]
This feminine name ( Act_9:36 ; Act_9:40 ) under the form Ταβιθά is attested by Preisigke ( Namenbuch s.v .) from several late papyri, e.g. P Lond IV. 1431 .66 (A.D. 706 7) Ταβ [ι ]θὰ Δαυείτ , Tabitha daughter of David. For Δορκάς , the Greek form of the name, see s.v .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
Ταβειθά (Rec. Ταβιθά), ἡ (Aram. טַבְיְתָא or טְבִיתָא),
Tabitha: Act.9:36, 40 (cf. Δορκάς).†
(AS)