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The Definition of the word Dorcas

Dorcas

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.


The Old Testament

The New Testament