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The Name Tabitha - Origin and Meaning of Tabitha
  



The Name Tabitha - Origin and Meaning of Tabitha


Gender

Feminine

Origin of the Name Tabitha

Aramaic

Usage of the Name Tabitha

English, Biblical

Meaning of the Name Tabitha

The name Tabitha means "roe" in Aramaic.

Famous Bearers

In the New Testament the name Tabitha was borne by a woman who was resurrected by Saint Peter (the Greek equivalent of the name is Dorcas).
Bearers of the name include Tabitha Brown (1780 - 1858), an American pioneer emigrant to Oregon; Tabitha King (born 1949), an American author, activist, and the wife of writer Stephen King; Tabitha Soren (born 1967), an American journalist and reporter.
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