King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1394
Transliteration: dosis
Phonetic Spelling: (dos'-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: the act of giving, a gift
Meaning: the act of giving, a gift
δόσις, δόσεως, ἡ (δίδωμι);
Word Summary
dosis: the act of giving, a gift
Original Word: δόσιςTransliteration: dosis
Phonetic Spelling: (dos'-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: the act of giving, a gift
Meaning: the act of giving, a gift
Strong's Concordance
gift, giving. From the base of didomi; a giving; by implication, (concretely) a gift -- gift, giving.
see GREEK didomi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1394: δόσιςδόσις, δόσεως, ἡ (δίδωμι);
1. a giving (from Herodotus down): λόγος δόσεως καί λήψεως, an account of giving and receiving (i. e. debit and credit accounts; cf. λόγος II. 3), Philippians 4:15; here Paul, by a pleasant euphemism, refers to the pecuniary gifts, which the church bestowing them enters in the account of expenses, but he himself in the account of receipts; cf. Van Hengel at the passage; so δόσις καί λῆψις, of money given and received, Sir. 41:19 Sir. 42:7; (Hermas, mand. 5, 2, 2 [ET]), and plural Epictetus diss. 2, 9, 12.
2. a gift, (from Homer down): James 1:17. (Synonym: see δόμα, at the end.)