Gift
δόμαStrong’s G1390doma
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Doma is the Greek word usually translated “gifts” and “gift”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?”
Meaning
Usually translated “gifts” and “gift”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- gifts 3
- gift 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- Ephesians 1
- Philippians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 11:13If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
- Ephesians 4:8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
- Philippians 4:17Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.
Greek dictionary
δόμα doma · gift
δόμα, -τος, τό (δίδωμι), [in LXX for מַתָּנָה, etc. ;] a gift: Mat.7:11, Luk.11:13, Eph.4:8" (LXX), Php.4:17.† SYN.: δόσις, δῶρον, δωρεά, δώρημα (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “gift” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GIFT, noun
[from give.]
A present; any thing given or bestowed; any thing, the property of which is voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a donation. It is applicable to any thing movable or immovable.
- The act of giving or conferring.
- The right or power of giving or bestowing.
- An offering or oblation.“If thou bring thy gift to the altar” Matthew 5:23
- A reward.“Let thy gifts be to thyself” Daniel 5:17
All definitions and other forms of “gift”
- A bribe; any thing given to corrupt the judgment.“Neither take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise” Deuteronomy 16:19
- Power; faculty; some quality or endowment conferred by the author of our nature; as the gift of wit; the gift of ridicule.
GIFT, verb transitive
To endow with any power or faculty.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.