Gift
δῶρονStrong’s G1435dōron
Appears in 17 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dōron is the Greek word usually translated “gifts” and “gift”. It appears in 17 verses of the New Testament.
“And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.”
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 9
- gift 8
- a gift 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 7
- Hebrews 5
- Luke 2
- Mark 1
- Ephesians 1
- Revelation 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:23Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
- Matthew 5:24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
- Matthew 8:4And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
- Matthew 15:5But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
- Matthew 23:18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
- Matthew 23:19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Greek dictionary
δῶρον dōron · gift
δῶρον, -ου, τό (δίδωμι), [in LXX chiefly for קׇרְבָּן, also for מִנְחָה, etc. ;] a gift, present: Mat.2:11, Rev.11:10; of gifts and sacrifices to God, Mat.5:23-24 8:4 15:5 23:18-19, Mrk.7:11, Luk.21:1, 4, Heb.5:1 8:3-4 9:9 11:4; δ. θεοῦ, Eph.2:8.† SYN.: see word 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.