noun · feminine

dosias

Greekδόσις (dosis)

Strong’sG1394

a giving, gift.

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

Translated as

gift1×giving1×

What it means

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.

Every form

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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

dosias“gift”subjectnominative singular1×

James 1:17“gift”Pantas dosias agathas kai pantem dōrēmem teleiem anōthen atō, katabainarōtem apo tou patērou teiu fōteiu, para ho ouk eniatō parallagas ē tropau aposkiasmem.Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

dosiau“giving”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Philippians 4:15“giving”Oidavē de kai vis, Filippēsioir, hoti en archa teu euangelieu, hote exerchama apo Makedoniau, oudenas mi ekklēsas koinōnata eis logon dosiau kai lēmpsiau ei mē vis monois,And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.