adverb
dōreōs
Strong’sG1432
as a free gift, without payment, freely
stem dōrean-9 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
δωρεάν, v.s. δωρεά.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1432 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddo-reh-an'
gratuitously (literally or figuratively)
Fromaccusative case of G1431 as adverb;
King Jameswithout a cause, freely, for naught, in vain.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect δωρ-εή, ἡ: δωρειά in earlier Attic Inscrr., Refs:— gift, present, especially bounty (={δόσις ἀναπόδοτος} Refs 5th c.BC+; πορεῖνRefs 5th c.BC+; δ. δέχεσθαι, λαμβάνειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; δωρειὰν καὶ χάριν Refs 5th c.BC+; of a legacy, Refs 4th c.BC+; δωρεαί privileges and immunities, opposed to δῶρα, gifts in cash or kind, Refs 2nd c.AD+
2 estate granted by a king, fief, Refs 3rd c.BC+
II accusative δωρεάν as adverb, as a free gift, freely, LXX+5th c.BC+; so κατὰ δωρεάν Refs 1st c.AD+; ἐν δωρεᾷ προσνεῖμαι Refs 2nd c.BC+; but γῆν (ἀμπελῶνα, etc.) ἐν δωρεᾷ ἔχειν to hold land by a royal grant, PRev. Laws Refs 3rd c.BC+
II.2 to no purpose, for naught, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
dōreōs9×
Matthew 10:8… nekroin egeravōr, leproin katharizavōr, daimoneim ekbalavōr; dōreōs labava, dōreōs dōavar.… cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
Matthew 10:8… leproin katharizavōr, daimoneim ekbalavōr; dōreōs labava, dōreōs dōavar.… out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
John 15:25“without a cause”… nomo autoiu graforēntos hoti Misala min dōreōs.… what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’
Romans 3:24dikaiorōntois dōreōs ta autou charita dia tau apolutrōsiau …and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption …
2 Corinthians 11:7… miauton tapeinarōntos hina vis hupsiveia, hoti dōreōs tem tou theou euangeliem euangelizema vi?… the gospel of God to you free of charge?
Galatians 2:21… gar dia nomou dikaiosunas, ara Christos dōreōs apothnēskata.… through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
2 Thessalonians 3:8oude dōreōs arton esthiana para tinou, alla en …nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and …
Revelation 21:6… tau pēgau teu hudeu tau zōau dōreōs.… To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water …
Revelation 22:17… erchotōr, tos thelarōntos labatar hudem zōau dōreōs.… desires the water of life drink freely.