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Dorcas

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Dorcas'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​d/dorcas.html. 1897.
 
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