Δορκάς
Dorkás · G1393 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Person
- Dorcasfirst named in Acts 9:363 verses
Meanings
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Dorcas meaning gazelle, deer
A Christian woman in Joppa who was known for charitable works; her Aramaic name was Ταβιθά
ExamplesActs 9:36 Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which when translated means Dorcas); this woman was excelling in acts of kindness and charity which she did habitually.
Acts 9:39 So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the room upstairs; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Dorcas meaning gazelle, deer93.101
- The proper name of a disciple in Joppa known for good works, as of Tabitha, who was called Dorcas in Greek, being raised from death by Peter in Acts 9:36 and 9:40.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon δορκάδος, ἡ (properly, a wild she-goat a gazelle, "παρά τό δέρκω, τό βλέπω. Ὀξυδερκες γάρ…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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