Bible Characters & Character Studies
Dorcas
First appears at Acts 9:36
First named in Scripture at Acts 9:36 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
a female antelope, or gazelle, a pious Christian widow at Joppa whom Peter restored to life (Acts 9:36-41). She was a Hellenistic Jewess, called Tabitha by the Jews and Dorcas by the Greeks.
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
