How to Pronounce Dorcas
DAWR-kuhs
Dorcas is pronounced DAWR-kuhs (ˈdɔːkəs): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: DOR-kuhs.
What does Dorcas mean?
Dorcas means “a female roe-deer”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Dorcas?
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.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
DOR-kuhs
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