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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 Aviv.
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 the Acts of the Apostles (9:36). [2][3] Dorcas societies were at their height in the 1800s, [4] but there are still Dorcas societies ...
Disciple (Christianity) 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 adherent of a teacher. Discipleship is not the same as being a student in the modern sense. A disciple in the ancient biblical world ...
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 [1] during the Ottoman period in Palestine. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its main purpose was to facilitate the journey between Jaffa and Jerusalem.
By the age of 30, Tabitha Haugh still hadn’t been to the movies, had a first date, gotten a haircut or graduated from high school. Most of her very sheltered existence had been spent in ...
Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible: 5 vols. (rev. ed., 2010) vol. 2, the main article is on "Dorcas" vol. 2, article on "Men's garments": DORCAS fully capitalised to send to article: "DORCAS had made numbers of these articles" vol. 3, article on "Joppa": Tabitha (DORCAS) => named as Tabitha by entry author; Dorcas betw. brackets & fully ...
Spicy sex object, invisible servant or unruly troublemaker: These stereotypes about Latinas didn't describe the women who surrounded Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, 39, who was born in Nicaragua ...
Bewitched premiered 60 years ago today, September 17, 1964," she posted on X, adding, "AND little Tabitha (Me!) is 60 years old! ️." Murphy celebrated her 60th birthday on June 17, exactly three ...