δόμα

dovma dovma,
dovmato",
tov (
divdwmi), a gift: ; ; ; . (Plato, def., p. 415 b.; Plutarch; often in the Septuagint, chiefly for hn:T;m') Cf. Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 291f (who quotes Varro de ling. Latin 1. i., p. 48, Bip. edition "dos erit pecunia si nuptiarum causa data: haec Graece
dwtivnh, ita enim hoc Siculi: ab eodem Donum. Nam Graece ut ipsi
dw'ron, ut alii
dovma, et ut Attici
dovsi".").*(Synonyms:
dovma,
dovsi",
dw'ron,
dwreav:
dovsi" active, a giving; passive, a thing given, cf. medical dose;
dw'ron specific present, yet not always gratuitous or wholly unsuggestive of recompense; but
dwreav differs from
dw'ron in denoting a gift which is also a gratuity, hence, of the benefactions of a sovereign; a
dovsi"
Qeou' is what God confers as possessor of all things; a
dwreav
Qeou' is an expression of his favor; a
dw'ron
Qeou' is something which becomes the recipient's abiding possession. Philo de cherub. sec. 25, says:
pavnu
ejkdhlw"
parista" (),
o{ti
tw'n
o[ntwn
tav
mevn
cavrito"
mevsh"
hjxivwtai,
h[
kalei'tai
dovsi",
tav
dev
ajmeinono",
h|"
o[noma
oijkei'on
dwreav. Again, de leg. alleg. iii. sec. 70 (on the same Biblical passage),
diathrhvsei"
o{ti
dw'ra
domavtwn
diaferousi.
Tav
mevn
gavr
ejmfasin
megevqou"
teleivwn
ajgaqw'n
dhlousin ...
tav
dev
eij"
bracutaton
ejstaltai
ktl.. Hence,
dovma,
doso", gift;
dwreav,
dw'ron, benefaction, bounty, etc.; yet cf. e. g. Test xii. Patr. test. Zab. sec. 1
ejgwv
eijmiv
Zaboulwvn,
dovsi"
ajgaqhv
toi'"
goneu'si
mou, with
dedwvrhtai
oJ
Qeov"
moi
dw'ron
kalovn ...
kaiv
ejkavlese
tov
o[noma
aujtou'
Zaboulwvn. Cf. Schmidt, chapter 106.)