Girl
ταλιθάStrong’s G5008talitha
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Talitha is the Greek word usually translated “talitha”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.”
Meaning
Usually translated “talitha”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- talitha 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ταλιθά talitha · girl
ταλειθά (Rec. ταλιθά), (Aram. טְלִיתָא, see Dalman, Gr., 150), talitha, i.e. maiden: Mrk.5:41.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “girl” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GIRL, noun
gerl. [Low Latin gerula, a young woman employed in tending children and carrying them about, from gero, to carry; a word probably received from the Romans while in England.]
- A female child, or young woman.
- Among sportsmen, a roebuck of two years old.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.