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δῶρον
dōron · Greek · Strong's G1435 · 19 occurrences
The KJV renders 19 different Hebrew and Greek words as “gift”
What it means
a present; specially, a sacrifice
How the KJV renders it
gift, offering
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“gift”
also renders dōreá (G1431), merismós (G3311), dóma (G1390), dósis (G1394), cháris (G5485), chárisma (G5486), dṓrēma (G1434), ʼeshkâr (H814), minchâh (H4503), masʼêth (H4864), mattân (H4976), mattᵉnâʼ (H4978), mattânâh (H4979), mattâth (H4991), nâdân (H5083), nissêʼth (H5379), shachad (H7810), tᵉrûwmâh (H8641)
“offering”
Questions this word decides
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- What does 1 Peter 3:21 mean ('baptism now saves you')?
- Are we saved by faith alone, or by faith plus works?
- Is repentance required for salvation, or is belief alone enough?
- Must you confess Jesus as Lord out loud to be saved?
- Can you be saved without belonging to a church?
Where it appears
19 occurrences in the Greek text, first 17 verses shown.
Ephesians 2:8 N-NSNHebrews 5:1 N-APNHebrews 8:3 N-APNHebrews 8:4 N-APNHebrews 9:9 N-NPNHebrews 11:4 N-DPNLuke 21:1 N-APNLuke 21:4 N-APNMatthew 2:11 N-APNMatthew 5:23 N-ASNMatthew 5:24 N-ASNMatthew 8:4 N-ASNMatthew 15:5 N-NSNMatthew 23:18 N-DSNMatthew 23:19 N-ASNMark 7:11 N-NSNRevelation 11:10 N-APN
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.