Δορκάς, δορκάδος, ἡ (properly, a wild she-goat a gazelle, "παρά τό δέρκω, τό βλέπω. Ὀξυδερκες γάρ τό ζοων καί ἐυομματον Etym. Magn. (284, 6)), Dorcas, a certain Christian woman: Act_9:36; Act_9:39; see Ταβιθά.

Δορκάς Dorkas 2x Dorcas, pr. name, signifying a gazelle or antelope, Act_9:36 ; Act_9:39

Δορκάς , -άδος , ἡ (δορκάς , a gazelle ), Dorcas , also called Ταβειθά , q.v. : Act_9:36 ; Act_9:39 .†

Δορκάς [page 169] Δορκάς is found as a feminine name among both Greeks and Jews (see Knowling ad Act_9:36 in EGT ). An interesting example is afforded by a Delphic inscription of ii/B.C., Syll 854 .11, .12 , where a certain Alexon entrusts the care of a manumitted slave of this name to one Thracidas τρεφ ]έτω Θραικίδας Δορκάδα , εἴ κα θέλῃ [ο ]ἰκεῖν ἐν τα [ὐ [τῶι · εἰ δὲ μή , ἐνβαλλέτω Θραικίδας Δορκάδι τροφὰν τοῦ μηνὸς ἑκάστου πυρῶν τέσσαρα ἡμίεκτα κτλ . See also Deissmann BS , p. 189, ZNTW i. p. 88. The diminutive, which is found in LXX Isa_13:14 , occurs in a papyrus letter P Lond 413 .14 ( c. A.D. 346) (= II. p. 302), complaining of the gazelles which are spoiling the writer s crops ἐπιδὴ τὰ δορκάδι [α ] ἀφανίζουσειν τὸ ( l. τὰ ) σπόριμα .

Δορκάς, -άδος, ἡ (δορκάς, a gazelle), Dorcas, also called Ταβειθά, which see: Act.9:36, 39.† (AS)