Dorcas
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(gazelle). [Tabitha]
See also: tabitha
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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.
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