King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5000
Transliteration: Tabētha
Phonetic Spelling: (tab-ee-thah')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: "gazelle", Tabitha (also called Dorcas), a Christian woman
Meaning: Tabitha -- "gazelle", Tabitha (also called Dorcas), a Christian woman
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 (טְבִיתָא, a Chaldean name in the 'emphatic state' (Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram. as above with, p. 11, writes it טַבְיְתָא, stative emphatic of טַבְיָא), Hebrew צְבִי, i. e. δορκάς, which see), Tabitha, a Christian woman of Joppa, noted for her works of benevolence: Acts 9:36, 40. (Cf. B. D., under the word.)
Word Summary
Tabētha: "gazelle", Tabitha (also called Dorcas), a Christian woman
Original Word: ΤαβηθάTransliteration: Tabētha
Phonetic Spelling: (tab-ee-thah')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: "gazelle", Tabitha (also called Dorcas), a Christian woman
Meaning: Tabitha -- "gazelle", Tabitha (also called Dorcas), a Christian woman
Strong's Concordance
Tabitha. Of Chaldee origin (compare tsbiyah); the gazelle; Tabitha (i.e. Tabjetha), a Christian female -- Tabitha.
see HEBREW tsbiyah
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5000: ΤαβιθάΤαβιθά (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 (טְבִיתָא, a Chaldean name in the 'emphatic state' (Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram. as above with, p. 11, writes it טַבְיְתָא, stative emphatic of טַבְיָא), Hebrew צְבִי, i. e. δορκάς, which see), Tabitha, a Christian woman of Joppa, noted for her works of benevolence: Acts 9:36, 40. (Cf. B. D., under the word