G1394
G1394 — δόσις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
dosis (dos'-is) n.
1. a giving
2. (by implication, concretely) a gift
[from the base of G1325]
KJV: gift, giving
Root(s): G1325
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
gift, giving
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δόσις, 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), Php 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.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δόσις (gift)
Philippians 4:15
- KJV: Now ye Philippians know also that in the beginning of the gospel when I departed from Macedonia no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving but ye only
- GK: οίδατε δε και υμείς Φιλιππήσιοι ότι εν αρχή του ευαγγελίου ότε εξήλθον από Μακεδονίας ουδεμία μοι εκκλησία εκοινώνησεν εις λόγον δόσεως και λήψεως ει υμείς μόνοι
James 1:17
- KJV: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of lights with whom is no variableness neither shadow of turning
- GK: πάσα δόσις αγαθή και παν δώρημα τέλειον άνωθέν εστι καταβαίνον από του πατρός των φώτων παρ΄ ω ουκ ένι παραλλαγή η τροπής αποσκίασμα