Free gift
δωρεάStrong’s G1431dōrea
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dōrea is the Greek word usually translated “gift”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.”
Meaning
Usually translated “gift”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- gift 11
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 4
- Romans 2
- Ephesians 2
- John 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Hebrews 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 2:38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 8:20But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
- Acts 10:45And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 11:17Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
- Romans 5:15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
- Romans 5:17For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
Greek dictionary
δωρεά dōrea · free gift
δωρεά, -ᾶς, ἡ (δίδωμι), [in LXX chiefly (-άν) for חִנָּם, as Gen.29:15 ;] a gift: Act.11:17, Rom.5:15, Heb.6:4; δ. τ. θεοῦ, Jhn.4:10, Act.8:20; τ. Χριστοῦ, Eph.4:7; τ. πνεύματος, Act.2:38 10:45; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Rom.5:17; τ. χάριτος, Eph.3:7; ἀνεκδιηγήτὶῳ δ., 2Co.9:15. Acc, δωρεάν, adverbially (as frequently in LXX), (a) freely, as a gift: Mat.10:8, Rom.3:24, 2Co.11:7, 2Th.3:8, Rev.21:6 22:17; (b) in vain, uselessly: (Jhn.15:25 LXX) Gal.2:21.† SYN.: see: δόμα (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.