1394. dosis
Strong's Concordance
dosis: the act of giving, a gift
Original Word: δόσις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: dosis
Phonetic Spelling: (dos'-is)
Short Definition: a giving, gift.
Definition: a giving, gift, donation.
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1394 dósis (from 1325 /dídōmi, "give") – gift, emphasizing the intention (aim) that motivates the giving and the chain-reaction of giving-and-responding.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1394: δόσις

δόσις, δόσεως, (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 Exhaustive Concordance
gift, giving.

From the base of didomi; a giving; by implication, (concretely) a gift -- gift, giving.

see GREEK didomi

Forms and Transliterations
δόσει δοσεως δόσεως δόσιν δοσις δόσις doseos doseōs dóseos dóseōs dosis dósis
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Strong's Greek 1394
2 Occurrences


δόσεως — 1 Occ.
δόσις — 1 Occ.

Philippians 4:15 N-GFS
GRK: εἰς λόγον δόσεως καὶ λήμψεως
NAS: with me in the matter of giving and receiving
KJV: as concerning giving and receiving,
INT: with regard to an account of giving and receiving

James 1:17 N-NFS
GRK: πᾶσα δόσις ἀγαθὴ καὶ
NAS: good thing given and every
KJV: Every good gift and every
INT: Every act of giving good and

2 Occurrences

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