What does δόσις (dósis) mean in the Bible?
δόσις (dósis): Gift emphasizing the act or generosity of giving rather than the object itself.
Greek · G1394
δόσις
A giving; by implication, (concretely) a gift
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δόσις G1394
Pronunciation dósis
What does δόσις (dósis) mean in the Bible?
δόσις (dósis): Gift emphasizing the act or generosity of giving rather than the object itself.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1394?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include good (1), of giving (1).
Where does δόσις (dósis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 4:15. Its strongest book concentrations include James (1), Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It good 1× James 1:17
of giving 1× Philippians 4:15
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Philippians 4:15
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Philippians 1 James 1
Source forms
δόσεως 1x doseōs Philippians 4:15
δόσις 1x dosis James 1:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Philippians 4:15
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x James 1:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Gift emphasizing the act or generosity of giving rather than the object itself.
Strong's G1394
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a giving; by implication, (concretely) a gift
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Gift emphasizing the act or generosity of giving rather than the object itself.
(δίδωμι) [in LXX for חֹק (Gen.47:22), (Pro.21:14 25:14), frequently in Sir. ;]
1properly, the act of giving: Php.4:15.
2Objectively, a gift: Jas.1:17.
Synonymssee: δόμα
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philippians 4:15 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
δόσεως dosewv
a giving, gift.
Read verse James 1:17 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
δόσις dosiv
a giving, gift.
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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Jas 1:17 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Phil 4:15 1×
Word Origins
δόσις is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain