Tabitha

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Tabitha
     (in Greek called Dorcas), gazelle, a disciple at Joppa. She was
     distinguished for her alms-deeds and good works. Peter, who was
     sent for from Lydda on the occasion of her death, prayed over
     the dead body, and said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her
     eyes and sat up; and Peter "gave her his hand, and raised her


     up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive"
     (Acts 9:36-43).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Tabitha, clear-sighted; a roe-deer