Lexical Summary Dorkas: "gazelle" (an animal with large bright eyes), Dorcas, a Christian woman Original Word: ΔορκάςTransliteration: Dorkas Phonetic Spelling: (dor-kas') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: "gazelle" (an animal with large bright eyes), Dorcas, a Christian woman Meaning: Dorcas -- "gazelle" (an animal with large bright eyes), a Christian woman Strong's Concordance Dorcas. Gazelle; Dorcas, a Christian woman -- Dorcas. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1393: ΔορκάςΔορκάς, 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: Acts 9:36, 39; see Ταβιθά. |
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