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Dorcas (Biblical version of the name), or Tabitha (Aramaic version of the name), Christian woman raised from the dead by Saint Peter; Tabitha Babbitt (1779–1853), American toolmaker and inventor, possible inventor of the circular saw; Tabitha Brown (1780–1858), American pioneer in the Oregon Territory; Tabitha Chawinga (born 1996), Malawian ...
Dorcas is a female given name. It derives from Dorcas ( Ancient Greek : Δορκάς , romanized : Dorkás ; Imperial Aramaic : טביתא , romanized: Ṭabītā ), a figure from Acts of the Apostles ( 9:36–42 ) in the New Testament .
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 ).
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate, in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
It seems that in English, Dorcas has been often used in church (not an argument, but interesting: two of the three stained windows from WikiCommons have inscriptions, both with "Dorcas"), while the King James translation clearly states that her name was Tabitha, Dorcas being an "interpretation" of that name ("a certain disciple named Tabitha ...
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Dorcas, one of the brides in the movie musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), played by Julie Newmar; Dorcas, in the video game Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade; Dorcas, in the novel Stranger in a Strange Land; Dorcas, a teenage witch in the television series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina; Dorcas, in the science fiction cycle The Book ...
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