dōron · gift

What it means

dōron (δῶρον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “gift”.

Offering.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Something given to another to honor or gladden him.
2. What is given to God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• gifts ×9
• gift ×8
• offering ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×9
• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• Ephesians×1
• Hebrews×5
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 2:11

  And coming into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell and bowed down before him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts: gold and frankincense and myrrh.

• Matthew 5:23

  So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

• Matthew 5:24

  leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

• Matthew 8:4

  And Jesus says to him, “See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

• Matthew 15:5

  But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is an offering to God,”

• Matthew 23:18

  And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it is bound.’

• Matthew 23:19

  Blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

• Mark 7:11

  But you say, ‘If a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban” (that is, an offering)’—

• Luke 21:1

  And looking up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.

• Luke 21:4

  for all these put in as gifts out of what was left over to them, but she, out of her poverty, put in all the living that she had.”

• Ephesians 2:8

  For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not from yourselves; it is the gift of God;

• Hebrews 5:1

  For every high priest taken from among human beings is appointed on behalf of human beings in the things relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins,

• Hebrews 8:3

  For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore it is necessary for this one also to have something that he may offer.

• Hebrews 8:4

  So if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;

• Hebrews 9:9

  This is a symbol for the present time, according to which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect with respect to conscience,

• Hebrews 11:4

  By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he received testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts; and through it, though he died, he still speaks.

• Revelation 11:10

  And those who live on the earth rejoice over them and celebrate, and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who live on the earth.

And 2 more times.