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.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
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Dorcas
Name meaning: a female roe-deer (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(gazelle). [Tabitha]
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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