Definition
δωρεά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(δίδωμι), [in LXX chiefly (-άν) for חִנָּם, as Genesis 29:15 ;]
a gift: Acts 11:17, Romans 5:15, Hebrews 6:4; δ. τ. θεοῦ, John 4:10, Acts 8:20; τ. Χριστοῦ, Ephesians 4:7; τ. πνεύματος, Acts 2:38; 10:45; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Romans 5:17; τ. χάριτος, Ephesians 3:7; ἀνεκδιηγήτὶῳ δ., 2 Corinthians 9:15. Acc, δωρεάν, adverbially (as frequently in LXX),
(a) freely, as a gift: Matthew 10:8, Romans 3:24, 2 Corinthians 11:7, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, Revelation 21:6; 22:17;
(b) in vain, uselessly: (John 15:25 LXX) Galatians 2:21.
Synonyms: see: δόμα
Usage patterns
Occurrences
11 total
- John 4:10δωρεὰν · giftJesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- Acts 2:38δωρεὰν · giftPeter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 8:20δωρεὰν · giftBut Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
- Acts 10:45δωρεὰ · giftAll the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
- Acts 11:17δωρεὰν · giftSo if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
- Romans 5:15δωρεὰ · giftBut the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
- Romans 5:17δωρεᾶς · giftFor if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
- 2 Corinthians 9:15δωρεᾷ · giftThanks be to God for His indescribable gift!
- Ephesians 3:7δωρεὰν · giftI became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
- Ephesians 4:7δωρεᾶς · giftNow to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
- Hebrews 6:4δωρεᾶς · giftIt is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,