δωρεά

δωρεά, -ᾶς, ἡ

(δίδωμι), [in LXX chiefly (-άν) for חִנָּם, as 1 Mos 29,15 ;]

a gift: ApG 11,17, Rom 5,15, Hebr 6,4; δ. τ. θεοῦ, Joh 4,10, ApG 8,20; τ. Χριστοῦ, Ef 4,7 τ. πνεύματος, ApG 2,38; 10,45; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Rom 5,17 τ. χάριτος, Ef 3,7 ἀνεκδιηγήτὶῳ δ., 2 Kor 9,15, Acc, δωρεάν, adverbially (as frequently in LXX),

(a) freely, as a gift: Matt 10,8, Rom 3,24, 2 Kor 11,7, 2 Thess 3,8, Åb 21,6; 22,17;

(b) in vain, uselessly: (Joh 15,25 LXX) Gal 2,21,†

SYN.: see: δόμα