G1393 Δορκάς (Dorkás)

Greek

Noun, Feminine

Quick Definition

Δορκάς, άδος, ἡ n.f. Dorcas

Strong's Definition

gazelle; Dorcas, a Christian woman

KJV Usage: Dorcas

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Δορκάς (G1393)

noun-name, f. | -άδος

93.101 · Names of Persons and Places · Persons

Dorcas meaning gazelle, deer a Christian woman in Joppa who was known for charitable works; her Aramaic name was Ταβιθά (93.355)

ACT 9:36 · ACT 9:39

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Δορκάς, δορκάδος, ἡ (properly, a wild she-goat a gazelle, "παρά τό δέρκω, τό βλέπω. Ὀξυδερκες γάρ τό ζοων καί ἐυομματον Etym. Magn. (284, 6)), Dorcas, a certain Christian woman: Act_9:36; Act_9:39; see Ταβιθά.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

Δορκάς Dorkas 2x

Dorcas, pr. name, signifying a gazelle or antelope, Acts 9:36, 39*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Δορκάς, -άδος, ἡ

(δορκάς, a gazelle),

Dorcas, also called Ταβειθά, q.v.: Ac 9:36, 39.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Δορκάς [page 169] Δορκάς is found as a feminine name among both Greeks and Jews (see Knowling ad Act_9:36 in EGT ). An interesting example is afforded by a Delphic inscription of ii/B.C., Syll 854 .11, .12 , where a certain Alexon entrusts the care of a manumitted slave of this name to one Thracidas τρεφ ]έτω Θραικίδας Δορκάδα , εἴ κα θέλῃ [ο ]ἰκεῖν ἐν τα [ὐ [τῶι · εἰ δὲ μή , ἐνβαλλέτω Θραικίδας Δορκάδι τροφὰν τοῦ μηνὸς ἑκάστου πυρῶν τέσσαρα ἡμίεκτα κτλ . See also Deissmann BS , p. 189, ZNTW i. p. 88. The diminutive, which is found in LXX Isa_13:14 , occurs in a papyrus letter P Lond 413 .14 ( c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 302), complaining of the gazelles which are spoiling the writer s crops ἐπιδὴ τὰ δορκάδι [α ] ἀφανίζουσειν τὸ ( l. τὰ ) σπόριμα .

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

Δορκάς (Dorkas) — Dorcas. δορκάς, άδος [ᾰ], ἡ, (δέρκομαι, δέδορκα) an animal of the deer kind (so called from its large bright eyes), in Greece, roe, Cervus capreolus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Syria and Africa, gazelle, Antilope dorcas, [Refs 5th c.BC+]—Other forms:—δόρξ, δορκός, ἡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: δόρκος, ὁ, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: δόρκων, ωνος, ὁ, Palamed. cited in [LXX+3rd c.BC+]: ζορκάς (see. above): ζόρξ, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: ἴορκος, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

Δορκάς, -άδος, ἡ (δορκάς, a gazelle), Dorcas, also called Ταβειθά, which see: Act.9:36, 39.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

9:36 9:39

Acts 9:36

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.

Acts 9:39

[So] Peter got up [and] went with them. On his arrival, they took [him] to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing [him] [the] tunics and [other] clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.