Gender Feminine
Usage English, Biblical, Biblical Greek [1]
Scripts Pron. /ˈtæb.ɪ.θə/ (English) [key ·simplify]
Meaning & History
Means "gazelle" in Aramaic. Tabitha in the New Testament was a woman restored to life by Saint Peter. Her name is translated into Greek as Dorcas (see Acts 9:36). As an English name, Tabitha became common after the Protestant Reformation. It was popularized in the 1960s by the television show Bewitched, in which Tabitha (sometimes spelled Tabatha) is the daughter of the main character [2] .
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g5000, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g5000.
- Evans, Cleveland Kent. The Great Big Book of Baby Names. Publications International, 2006, page 583.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026