Lexicon dosis: the act of giving, a gift Original Word: δόσις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: dosis Phonetic Spelling: (dos'-is) Short Definition: a giving, gift. Definition: a giving, gift, donation. HELPS word-Studies 1394 dósis (from 1325 /dídōmi, "give") – gift, emphasizing the intention (aim) that motivates the giving and the chain-reaction of giving-and-responding. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom didómiDefinitionthe act of giving, a gift NASB Translationgiving (1), thing given (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1394: δόσιςδόσις, δόσεως, ἡ ( δίδωμι); 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), Philippians 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): James 1:17. (Synonym: see δόμα, at the end.)
Strong's gift, giving. From the base of didomi; a giving; by implication, (concretely) a gift -- gift, giving. see GREEK didomi |
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