Dorcas
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Dorcas (3 Occurrences)

Acts 9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 9:39 Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 9:40 Peter, however, putting every one out of the room, knelt down and prayed, and then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, rise." Dorcas at once opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, sat up. (WEY)

Thesaurus
Dorcas (3 Occurrences)
... She was a Hellenistic Jewess, called Tabitha by the Jews and Dorcas
by the Greeks. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DORCAS. ...
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Gazelle (12 Occurrences)
... G. dorcas; -- called also algazel, corinne, korin, and kevel. ... The species found in
Syria and Palestine is the Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas). It is 2 ft. ...
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Antelope (2 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 51:20)); orux (The Septuagint in Codex Vaticanus has hos seutlion hemiephthon,
literally, "like a half-cooked beet-root"): The dorcas gazelle (Gazella ...
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Tabitha (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (in Greek called Dorcas), gazelle, a disciple at Joppa. ...
TABITHA. tab'-i-tha (Tabeitha). See DORCAS. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Joppa (14 Occurrences)
... brought here for the buildings in Jerusalem (Ezra 3:7). Having been brought by
messengers from Lydda to Jonathas, Peter here raised the dead Dorcas to life ...
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Room (174 Occurrences)
... And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there,
weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made ...
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Putting (278 Occurrences)
... And when he had come, they took him into the room: and all the widows were there,
weeping and putting before him the coats and clothing which Dorcas had made ...
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Dora

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Kinds (110 Occurrences)
... and the widow women all came and stood by his side, weeping and showing him the
underclothing and cloaks and garments of all kinds which Dorcas used to make ...
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Knelt (20 Occurrences)
... Acts 9:40 Peter, however, putting every one out of the room, knelt down and prayed,
and then turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, rise." Dorcas at once ...
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Greek
1393. Dorkas -- "gazelle" (an animal with large bright eyes) ...
... << 1392, 1393. Dorkas. 1394 >>. "gazelle" (an animal with large bright eyes), Dorcas,
a Christian woman. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Dorkas ...
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5000. Tabitha -- "gazelle," Tabitha (also called Dorcas), a ...
... << 4999, 5000. Tabitha. 5001 >>. "gazelle," Tabitha (also called Dorcas), a Christian
woman. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Tabitha ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names
Dorcas

a female roe-deer

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Dorcas

(gazelle). [TABITHA]

ATS Bible Dictionary
Dorcas

In Greek, the same as TABITHA in Syriac, that is, gazalle, the name of a pious and charitable woman at Joppa, whom Peter raised from the dead, Acts 9:36-42.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
DORCAS

dor'-kas (Dorkas, the Greek equivalent of Aramaic tabitha, "a gazelle"): The name was borne by a Christian woman of Joppa. She is called a disciple (mathetria: Acts 9:36, the only place in the New Testament where the feminine form is used). She seems to have had some means and also to have been a leader in the Christian community. Dorcas was beloved for the manner in which she used her position and means, for she "was full of good works, and almsdeeds which she did." Among her charities was the clothing of the poor with garments she herself made (Acts 9:39), and by following her example, numerous "Dorcas societies" in the Christian church perpetuate her memory. There is a local memorial in the "Tabitha School" in Jaffa devoted to the care and education of poor girls.

Her restoration to life by Peter is recorded. At the time of her death Peter was in Lydda where he had healed Aeneas. Being sent for, he went to Joppa, and, by the exercise of the supernatural powers granted to him, "he presented her alive" to the mourning community. In consequence of this miracle "many believed on the Lord" (Acts 9:42).

S. F. Hunter

Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.

Subtopics

Dorcas

Dorcas: A Pious Woman of Joppa

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