Bible Names

Tabitha: meaning of the name

Tabitha means “clear-sighted; a roe-deer.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Tabitha in Hebrew and Greek

Ταβιθά G5000

Tabithá — the gazelle; Tabitha (i.e. Tabjetha), a Christian female

of Chaldee origin (compare H06646);

Tabitha in Scripture

“Tabitha” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • Acts 9:36

    Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

  • Acts 9:40

    But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.