δῶρον
dōron
gift
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
SupportedThe Greek word δῶρον (dōron) is defined as a "gift." It appears 19 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in the text. This word likely refers to something given voluntarily, without expectation of return or compensation. The frequency of δῶρον in the Bible suggests its significance in various contexts, such as offerings, sacrifices, and charitable acts. Its usage implies a sense of generosity and selflessness, highlighting the value placed on giving in ancient Greek culture and in the biblical narrative. In the context of the 19 occurrences, δῶρον is often used to describe something given to God or to others, emphasizing the importance of reciprocity and the value of giving in relationships.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
19 total occurrences across the text
They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
Matthew 5:23“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
Matthew 5:24leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 5:24leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 8:4Jesus said to him, “See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
Matthew 15:5But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”
Matthew 23:18‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?’
Matthew 23:19You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Matthew 23:19You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Mark 7:11But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,” ’ ” that is to say, given to God,
Luke 21:1He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.
Luke 21:4for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”
Ephesians 2:8for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Hebrews 5:1For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Hebrews 8:3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
Hebrews 8:4For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law,
Hebrews 9:9This is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshiper perfect,
Hebrews 11:4By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.
Revelation 11:10Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.