English
Tabitha
Tabitha comes from Aramaic טביתא ‘doe, roe, gazelle’.
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEטביתאṬabītā’‘doe, roe, gazelle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Tabitha
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEטביתאṬabītā’‘doe, roe, gazelle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611Tabitha
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “Now there was at Ioppa a certain disciple, named…”
Every English word from Aramaic טביתא
Today it means
name A woman who was, according to the Bible, restored to life by Peter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Aramaic טביתא / Tabitha