δόσις
dósis · G1394 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to give, giving
To give an object, usually implying value
ExamplesPhilippians 4:15 You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving except you alone;
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gift
(Derivative of δίδωμι ‘to give,’) That which is given
ExamplesJames 1:17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀγαθόςgood 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄνωθενfrom above 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λόγοςword, saying, message 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- δωρεά dōreá · G1431 · gift, present
- Greek noun denoting a gift or gratuity, emphasizing a gift freely given; both terms refer to concrete gifts, though δωρεά often carries stronger connotations of grace or favor, while δόσις focuses more on the act of giving itself
- δῶρον dōron · G1435 · gift, present, offering box
- Greek noun for 'gift' or 'present,' the most common Greek word for a gift and a natural synonym for δόσις in its concrete sense
In the other Testament 2 words
- מַתָּנָה mattânâh · H4979 · gift, present
- Hebrew noun for 'gift' or 'present,' the standard translation equivalent for δόσις in its concrete sense of a gift given
- מַתָּת mattâth · H4991 · gift, what one wants to give
- Hebrew noun for 'gift,' closely synonymous with מַתָּנָה and another natural translation equivalent for δόσις
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To give, giving57.71
- Used of the act of contributing to another's needs, as of no church sharing with Paul in the matter of giving and receiving except the Philippians in Philippians 4:15.
- Gift57.73
- Used of a good or perfect thing bestowed by God, as of every good thing given and every perfect gift coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow, in James 1:17.
Word family 19 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon δόσεως, ἡ (δίδωμι); 1. a giving (from Herodotus down): λόγος δόσεως καί λήψεως, an…
1. a giving (from Herodotus down): λόγος δόσεως καί λήψεως, an account of giving and receiving (i. e. debit and credit accounts; cf. λόγος II. 3), Phm 4:15; here Paul, by a pleasant euphemism, refers to the pecuniary gifts, which the church bestowing them enters in the account of expenses, but he himself in the account of receipts; cf. Van Hengel at the passage; so δόσις καί λῆψις, of money given and received, Sir. 41:19 Sir. 42:7; (Hermas, mand. 5, 2, 2 [ET]), and plural Epictetus diss. 2, 9, 12.
2. a gift, (from Homer down): Jas 1:17. (Synonym: see δόμα, at the end.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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