Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 ).
Dorcas societies were at their height in the 1800s, [4] but there are still Dorcas societies around the world, providing clothing and other physical needs. [2] [3] One Dorcas society was founded in Douglas, Isle of Man, in December 1834 as part of the community's thanksgiving for being spared from an outbreak of cholera.
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 .
Peter's vision of a sheet with animals, the vision painted by Domenico Fetti (1619) Illustration from Treasures of the Bible by Henry Davenport Northrop, 1894. According to the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 10, Saint Peter had a vision of a vessel (Greek: σκεῦος, skeuos; "a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners") full of animals being ...
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 Hoar (née Galley; c.1634 – July 12, 1711) was a widow accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of 1692. She was found guilty and condemned to hang, but then confessed and with the support of several ministers, was given a temporary reprieve, after which the trials had already ended.
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible says that he was “surnamed Justus” or who “was called Justus”: “This is a Latin name, meaning just, and was probably given him on account of his distinguished integrity.” [citation needed] The Anglican Bible scholar J. B. Lightfoot “supposes that he [Joseph Barsabbas] was the son of Alphaeus and ...
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 ...