Dorcas Raised

36 Now in Joppa there was a certain female disciple named[a] Tabitha (which translated means “Dorcas”).[b] She was full of good deeds and charitable giving which she was constantly doing.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 9:36 Literally “by name”
  2. Acts 9:36 “Dorcas” is the Greek translation of the Aramaic name “Tabitha” which means “deer” or “gazelle”
  3. Acts 9:36 *Here the imperfect verb is translated as a customary imperfect (“was constantly doing”)