Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
Almsdeeds
Bible References
Joppa
Acts 10:5
And now send men to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter.
2 Chronicles 2:16
And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa, and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
Ezra 3:7
And they gave money to the masons and to the carpenters; and meat and drink and oil to the Zidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
Jonah 1:3
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish, from the presence of Jehovah.
Dorcas
Proverbs 5:19
As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.
Song of Songs 2:9
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice.
Song of Songs 3:5
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Song of Songs 8:14
Haste, my beloved, And be thou like a gazelle or a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.
Almsdeeds
Acts 10:4
But he, having fixed his eyes upon him, and become full of fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thine alms have gone up for a memorial before God.