dosias

Strong’sG1394

a giving, gift.

stem dosi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

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.

δόσις, -εως, ἡ

(δίδωμι) [in LXX for חֹק (Ge 47:22), מַתָּך, מַתַּת (Pr 21:14 25:14), freq. in Si.;]

1. properly, the act of giving: Phl 4:15.

2. Objectively, a gift: Ja 1:17.†

SYN.: v.s. δόμα

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1394 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddos'-is

a giving; by implication, (concretely) a gift

Fromfrom the base of G1325;

King Jamesgift, giving.

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

δόσις, εως, ἡ,
(δίδωμι) giving, φαρμάκου Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to αἴτησις, NT+5th c.BC+
b licence, permission, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 ἐμβολῶν δ. ramming in naval tactics, Refs 1st c.BC+
II gift, καί οἱ δ. ἔσσεται ἐσθλή Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 bequest, legacy: κατὰ δόσιν by will (opposed to κατὰ γένος, as heir-at-law), Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 largess, = Latin congiarium, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.4 contribution towards the fulfilment of a purpose, Chrysipp.(?)Refs
II.5 payment on account, instalment, Refs; payment in kind, Refs 6th c.AD+
II.6 portion, LXX+1st c.BC+; διελὼν εἰς δόσεις Refs 1st c.AD+
II.7 dose of medicine, Refs 1st c.AD+; δ. τελεία full dose, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.8 τῆς οἰκονομίας πολλὴν ποιεῖσθαι δ. lay great stress on an arrangement, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.9 destiny, fate of an individual, ἡ ἀνθρωπίνη δ. Refs 4th c.AD+; especially of planetary influence, Refs 3rd c.AD+

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.

gift1×giving1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	dosias1×δόσις	dosiais
object accusative	dosian	dosiain
direct address vocative	dosiar	dosiair
of, belonging to genitive	dosiau1×δόσεως	dosiaiu
to, for dative	dosia	dosiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

dosistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

dosia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

dosias“gift”subjectnominative singular1×

James 1:17“gift”Pantas dosias agathas kai pantem dōrēmem teleiem anōthen …Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down …

dosiau“giving”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Philippians 4:15… oudenas mi ekklēsas koinōnata eis logon dosiau kai lēmpsiau ei mē vis monois,… with me in the matter of giving and receiving.