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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 ...
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 .
Raising of Jairus' Daughter by Paolo Veronese, 1546. The raising of Jairus' daughter is a reported miracle of Jesus that occurs in the synoptic Gospels, where it is interwoven with the account of the healing of a bleeding woman. The narratives can be found in Mark 5:21–43, Matthew 9:18 –26 and Luke 8:40–56. [1] [2]
Aeneas ( Greek: Αἰνέας, romanized : Aineas) is a character in the New Testament. According to Acts 9 :32-33, he lived in Lydda, and had been a cripple for eight years. When Peter said to him, "Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat," he was healed and got up. F. F. Bruce suggests that Aeneas was "one of the local Christian ...
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 (Acts 9:36) – from Joppa, Tabitha was always doing good and helping the poor. AKA 'Dorcas' Tryphena and Tryphosa are Christian women mentioned in Romans 16:12 of the Bible ("Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord." KJV)
Apocalypse of Elijah. The Apocalypse of Elijah is an early Christian work written in the Coptic language commonly held to be a documentation of the oral presentation of multiple original and classical manuscripts. [1] Presented in part as the direct word of the Hebrew God, Yahweh, to the biblical prophet Elijah, from where its name is derived ...
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 ...