GREEK · G1393
Δορκάς
Dorkas — Dorcas
Δορκάς, -άδος, ἡ (δορκάς, a gazelle), Dorcas, also called Ταβειθά, which see: Act.9:36, 39.† (AS)
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Dorcas
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
A female antelope, or gazelle, a pious Christian widow at Joppa whom Peter restored to life (Acts 9:36-41). She was a Hellenistic Jewess, called Tabitha by the Jews and Dorcas by the Greeks.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.