Word Study · Strong's G1394 · Greek

δόσις

dosis

dos'-is

Strong's 1890 spelling: dósis

“a giving”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a giving; by implication, (concretely) a gift

Rendered in the KJV as

gift, giving.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

δόσεως1
δόσις1

How it is rendered · 2

act of giving1
of giving1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1
noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

N-GSF · 1
N-NSF · 1

All 2, in canonical order

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Where this word lives

Philippians1 of 2 · 50%
James1 of 2 · 50%

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Philippians1 occurrence

Philippians 4:15δόσεωςdoseōsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.here: of giving

James1 occurrence

James 1:17δόσιςdosisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularEvery good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.here: act of giving

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