Acts 9:36

ἐν Ἰόππῃ, in Joppa. The seaport town on the coast of Palestine almost directly west from Jerusalem. For its history, see Dict. of the Bible.

μαθήτρια, a (female) disciple. The word is only found here in N.T. and is rare in other Greek authors. It is probably used to shew that under the Gospel there is no distinction between male and female (Galatians 3:28), all alike are disciples.

Ταβιθά, Tabitha. This is the Aramaic form of a Hebrew word (found 2 Samuel 1:19) which signifies a gazelle, which is also the meaning of the Greek Δορκάς.

πλήρης�, full of good works. A favourite form of expression with St Luke. Cp. ‘Stephen full of faith and power’ (Acts 6:8); Elymas, ‘full of all subtilty’ (Acts 13:10); and the Ephesians ‘full of wrath’ (Acts 19:28). The sense is ‘given up to’ or devoted to.’