ΔΟΡΚΑΣ, δορκας
DORKAS, dorkas
Sounds Like: DOR-kas
Translations: gazelle, a gazelle, roe deer, a roe deer, doe, a doe
From the root: ΔΟΡΚΑΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: ΔΟΡΚΑΣ refers to a gazelle or a roe deer, an agile and graceful animal. It is often used to describe someone or something that is swift or nimble, similar to how one might describe a person as being 'as fast as a deer'. In ancient texts, it can also refer to a specific person named Dorcas or Tabitha, as in the New Testament.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1393 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΟΡΚΑΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΟΡΚΑΔ — of a gazelle, of a roe, of a deer, of a hind
- ΔΟΡΚΑΔΑ — gazelle, a gazelle, roe deer, a roe deer
- ΔΟΡΚΑΔΕΣ — gazelles, roes, deer
- ΔΟΡΚΑΔΙ — to a gazelle, to a roe deer, to a deer
- ΔΟΡΚΑΔΙΟΝ — fawn, a fawn, young gazelle, a young gazelle, young roe deer, a young roe deer
- ΔΟΡΚΑΔΟΣ — of a gazelle, of a roe deer, of a doe
- ΔΟΡΚΑΔΩΝ — of gazelles, of roe deer
- ΔΟΡΚΩΝ — of gazelles, of roe deer
- ΔΟΡΚΩΝΙ — to a gazelle, to a roe deer, to a deer
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