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Δίδωμι is a Greek verb for giving, granting, entrusting, handing over, or placing something in another person's possession or care. It can name a gift, an assignment, an authority, a command, or a transfer, depending on the sentence.
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Δίδωμι is a Greek verb for giving, granting, entrusting, handing over, or placing something in another person's possession or care. It can name a gift, an assignment, an authority, a command, or a transfer, depending on the sentence.
The BSB source-word alignment has 415 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Give (42), gave (26), to give (19), was given (15), given (11).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 4:9. Its strongest book concentrations include John (75), Luke (60), Revelation (58), Matthew (56).
This entry includes 5 verse guides that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Δίδωμι is a Greek verb for giving, granting, entrusting, handing over, or placing something in another person's possession or care. It can name a gift, an assignment, an authority, a command, or a transfer, depending on the sentence.
Pastorally, this word matters because Scripture uses giving language for the Father's gift of the Son, the Son's gift of eternal life, the Spirit given to believers, and gifts given for the church. It also appears in ordinary actions, so the context must say whether the giving is divine grace, entrusted ministry, human generosity, or a narrative transfer.
The word should not be flattened into one kind of gift. It marks giving or granting, while the passage defines the giver, the recipient, the gift, and the purpose.
Didomi is currently counted about 415 times in the local Greek artifact. It can mean give, grant, entrust, hand over, or place something with someone.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
God gave His one and only Son. The verb serves the passage's witness to divine love and saving purpose.
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
Jesus gives eternal life to His sheep. The gift is defined by His preserving power in the passage.
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
The Spirit has been given to believers. The verb supports assurance grounded in God's poured-out love.
And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
Christ gave people as gifts for the church's ministry. The passage defines the gift in relation to equipping.
And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
God has given eternal life, and this life is in His Son. The giving language serves testimony about life in Christ.
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItA compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Greek word. Give with complete authority and personal investment; often implies committed transfer of power or responsibility.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 413 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
How this verb appears across 412 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
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Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Showing 1 selected witness from 415 lexical occurrence verses.
δίδωμι is a primary verb - no further derivation.
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Didomi marks giving, granting, or entrusting. In teaching, the key question is who gives what to whom and why.
John.3.16
Didomi is flexible across active and passive forms. The object and recipient decide whether the sense is give, grant, entrust, hand over, or assign.
Scripture consistently presents God as the giver of life, promise, provision, and grace. didomi can mark those gifts in Greek, but the passage defines whether the emphasis is salvation, ministry, authority, or ordinary transfer.
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