δῶρον dōron

Greek word for “gift” · Strong’s G1435 · used 19 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

δῶρον, -ου, τό; (δίδωμι);

How it is translated

Glosses given for dōron in context, with how often each is used:

• gifts 9
• gift 9
• gift? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 5 (2), Matthew 23 (2), Luke 21 (2), Hebrews 8 (2), Matthew 2 (1), Matthew 8 (1), Matthew 15 (1), Mark 7 (1), Ephesians 2 (1), Hebrews 5 (1)

Forms

• δῶρον 6
• δῶρα 5
• δῶρόν 3
• δῶρά 3
• δώρῳ 1
• δώροις 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dōron more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• προσφέρω prospherō “to bring to” 9
• θυσιαστήριον thusiastērion “altar” 4
• θυσία thusia “sacrifice” 4
• μήτηρ mētēr “mother” 3
• ὠφελέω ōpheleō “to help” 2
• καθίστημι kathistēmi “to appoint/conduct” 2
• ἄν an “if” 3
• ἱερεύς hiereus “priest” 2
• τε te “and/both” 3
• ἤ ē “or” 3
• ἐάν ean “if” 3
• ὑπάγω hupagō “to go” 2

Key verses

The verses using dōron that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 2:11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their…
• Matthew 5:23 — Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
• Matthew 5:24 — Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
• Matthew 8:4 — And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
• Matthew 23:19 — Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
• Luke 21:1 — And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
• Ephesians 2:8 — For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
• Hebrews 5:1 — For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
• Hebrews 8:3 — For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
• Hebrews 9:9 — Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as…
• Hebrews 11:4 — By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it…
• Revelation 11:10 — And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.