STRONGS NUMBER G1394

Original Word: δόσις
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 giftgift, giving.

From the base of didomi; a giving; by implication, (concretely) a gift -- gift, giving.

see GREEK didomi

STRONGS NT 1394: δόσις

δόσις, 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.)