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Dorcas. Dorcas ( Greek: Δορκάς, romanized : Dorkás ), or Tabitha ( Imperial Aramaic: טביתא/ܛܒܝܬܐ, romanized: Ṭaḇīṯā, lit. ' (female) gazelle'), was an early disciple of Jesus mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles [1] [2] ( Acts 9:36–43, see discussion here ). She lived in the port city of Joppa, today absorbed by Tel ...
Dorcas society. Edwin Long 's A Dorcas Meeting in the 6th Century (painted 1873–1877) imagines a Dorcas society of Late antiquity. A Dorcas society is a local group of people, usually based in a church, with a mission of providing clothing to the poor. [1] Dorcas societies are named after Dorcas (also called Tabitha), a person described in ...
Tabitha (/ ˈ t æ b ɪ θ ə /) is an English feminine given name, originating with (or made popular through) Tabitha, mentioned in the New Testament Acts 9:36. In the Bible [ edit ] Tabitha, or Dorcas , the Greek equivalent of the name, is a woman mentioned in the New Testament .
The classic late-'60s sitcom "Bewitched" starred Elizabeth Montgomery as the beautiful and magically gifted Samantha, but a pint-sized co-star often stole the scene: Erin Murphy, who played little ...
Disciple (Christianity) Jesus giving the Farewell Discourse ( John 14–17) to his disciples, after the Last Supper, from the Maestà by Duccio, 1308–1311. In Christianity, a disciple is a dedicated follower of Jesus. This term is found in the New Testament only in the Gospels and Acts. In the ancient world, a disciple is a follower or ...
Undecided, either Dorcas or Tabitha – Protestants (Episcopal Church / US, others): "Lydia, Dorcas, and Phoebe, Witnesses to the Faith"; but also "TABITHA (DORCAS) OF JOPPA: Tabitha, also known by her Greek name Dorcas", see Episcopal Church, "Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018 Conforming to General Convention 2018" At Calendar of saints (Episcopal ...
Sabil Abu Nabbut, [1] old postcard from the British Mandate of Palestine -period. Sabil Abu Nabbut ( Arabic: سبيل أبو نبوت) also known as Tabitha's Well is a public fountain ("sabil") in Jaffa, Israel, built in 1815/16 CE [2] during the Ottoman period in Palestine. [3] [4] Its main purpose was to facilitate the journey between Jaffa ...
Binomial name. Graphium dorcus. ( de Haan, 1840) Synonyms. Papilio dorcus de Haan, 1840. Pathysa dorcus. Graphium dorcus, or Tabitha's swordtail, is a butterfly found in Sulawesi, Indonesia, that belongs to the swallowtail family. The species was first described by Wilhem de Haan in 1840.