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Lexicon :: Strong's G1393 - dorkas

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Δορκάς
Transliteration
dorkas (Key)
Pronunciation
dor-kas'
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Strong’s Definitions

Δορκάς Dorkás, dor-kas'; gazelle; Dorcas, a Christian woman:—Dorcas.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1393 in the following manner: Dorcas (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1393 in the following manner: Dorcas (2x).
  1. Dorcas = "gazelle"

    1. the name of a woman Peter raised from the dead

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Δορκάς Dorkás, dor-kas'; gazelle; Dorcas, a Christian woman:—Dorcas.
STRONGS G1393:
Δορκάς, -άδος, , (properly, a wild she-goat, a gazelle, "παρὰ τὸ δέρκω, τὸ βλέπω· ὀξυδερκὲς γὰρ τὸ ζῷον κ. εὐόμματον" Etym. Magn. [284, 6]), Dorcas, a certain Christian woman: Acts 9:36, 39; see Ταβιθά.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
9:36; 9:39

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1393 matches the Greek Δορκάς (dorkas),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:15 -

“But whenever you want, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your city gates, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you. Those who are clean or unclean may eat it, as they would a gazelle or deer,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:22 -

“Indeed, you may eat it as the gazelle and deer are eaten; both the clean and the unclean may eat it.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:5 -

“deer, gazelles, roe deer,

wild goats, ibexes, antelopes,

and mountain sheep.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:22 -

“Eat it within your city gates; both the unclean person and the clean may eat it, as though it were a gazelle or deer.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 -

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was a fast runner, like one of the wild gazelles.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:23 -

ten fattened cattle, twenty range cattle, and a hundred sheep and goats, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and pen-fed poultry,[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 -

Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were valiant warriors, trained for battle, expert with shield and spear. Their faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles on the mountains.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 -

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,[fn]

like a bird from a hunter’s trap.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:9 -

My love is like a gazelle

or a young stag.

See, he is standing behind our wall,

gazing through the windows,

peering through the lattice.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:5 -

Your breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle, that feed among the lilies.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:3 -

Your breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:14 -

Run away with me,[fn] my love,

and be like a gazelle

or a young stag

on the mountains of spices.

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