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Message: [QUOTE="sun, post: 4162631, member: 11664"] Found within the Wikipedia entry for the name Dorcas: Both her Jewish name,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-Zonder-1'][1][/URL] which is in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic']Aramaic[/URL], rendered as Tabitha, and her Greek one, Dorcas, translate to [female] 'gazelle'.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] The equivalent [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew']Hebrew[/URL] name is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zibiah']Zibiah[/URL], also spelled Tsibiah, a name carried by the mother of King [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joash_of_Judah']Joash of Judah[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-Lockyer-7'][7][/URL][B] Some explain the use of a Greek variant of Tabitha's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_language']Syriac Aramaic[/URL] name by the fact that she was living in a port city, where many inhabitants and visitors would primarily communicate in Greek[/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-Lockyer-7'][7][/URL] [B]Dorcas was a common name of the time both among Jews and Greeks.[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-Zonder-1'][1][/URL] Today, the scientific name of one species of gazelle is '[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas_Gazelle']dorcas gazelle[/URL]'.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-8'][8][/URL] The Greek verb used in Acts 9:36 is [I]διερμηνεύω[/I], transliterated diermēneuō, which means "to interpret fully, to explain", and in this passage it is rendered "[I]is by interpretation[/I]", which in context leads to the literal meaning: "[I]Tabitha, meaning Dorcas[/I]" (i.e. 'gazelle').[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-Vine-9'][9][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-10'][10][/URL] Feast The Catholic Church commemorates Dorcas (under the Aramaic version of her name, St Tabitha) on October 25,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-13'][13][/URL] the same date as the Eastern Church.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-Pfatteicher-14'][14][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas_Society']Dorcas societies[/URL], which provide clothing to the poor, are named after her.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-Lockyer-7'][7][/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church']Eastern Orthodox Church[/URL] celebrates [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint']Saint[/URL] Tabitha the Widow, raised from the dead by the Apostle Peter, on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_25']October 25[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas#cite_note-15'][15][/URL] [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Dorcas_Window_Mytholmroyd.jpg[/IMG] [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas[/URL] An English version of the Bible passage Acts 9:36-42 begins: [HEADING=2][SIZE=4]Dorcas Is Raised from the Dead[/SIZE][/HEADING] 36 A woman who was a follower lived in the city of Joppa. Her name was Tabitha, or Dorcas. She did many good things and many acts of kindness. ................ [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%209%3A36-42&version=NLV[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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