noun · masculine

dotos

Greekδότης (dotēs)

Strong’sG1395

a giver

stem dot-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

giver1×

What it means

† δότης, -ου, ὁ

(< δίδωμι), [in LXX: Pr 22:8 *;]

= δοτήρ,

a giver: II Co 9:7 (LXX) (not elsewhere).†

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

Strong’s G1395 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddot'-ace

a giver

Fromfrom the base of G1325;

King Jamesgiver.

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	dotos	dotois
object accusative	doton1×δότην	dotoin
direct address vocative	dotor	dotoir
of, belonging to genitive	dotou	dotoiu
to, for dative	doto	dotoi

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

dotstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

doto 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

doton“giver”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Corinthians 9:7“giver”hekastos kathōs proairetē ta kardia, mē ek lupau ē ek anankau; hilaron gar doton agapatō tos theos.Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.