noun · feminine
dorkadas
GreekΔορκάς (dorkas)
Strong’sG1393
Dorcas
stem dorkad-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Δορκάς, -άδος, ἡ
(δορκάς, a gazelle),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1393 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddor-kas'
gazelle; Dorcas, a Christian woman
King JamesDorcas.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | dorkadas2×Δορκάς | dorkadais |
| object accusative | dorkadan | dorkadain |
| direct address vocative | dorkadar | dorkadair |
| of, belonging to genitive | dorkadau | dorkadaiu |
| to, for dative | dorkada | dorkadai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
dorkada is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
dorkadas“Dorcas”subjectnominative singular2×
Acts 9:36“Dorcas”En Ioppa de tinas ate mathētrias onome Tabitha, has diermēneuirōtas legitō Dorkadas; houtas ate plēras ergeiu agatheiu kai eleēmosunaiu haiu poiate.In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
Acts 9:39“Dorcas”anistanaratos de Petros sunerchata autoi; hon paragineraton anagala eis tem huperōem, kai paristanala auto pantais tais chērais klaiarōtais kai epideiknuerōtais chitōnoin kai himatieim hoseim poiate meta autaiu arōtas tas Dorkadas.So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.