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<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Δώρημα''''' ''' (Strong'S #1434 — Noun Neuter — dorema — do'-ray-mah ) </div> <p> translated "boon" in James 1:17 , RV, is thus distinguished, as the thing given, from the preceding word in the verse, dosis, "the act of giving" (AV, "gift" in each case); elsewhere in Romans 5:16 . It is to be distinguished also from doron, the usual word for a gift. See Gift. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_94500" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_94500" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A prayer or petition. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) Kind; bountiful; benign. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:45, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
1: Δώρημα (Strong'S #1434 — Noun Neuter — dorema — do'-ray-mah )
translated "boon" in James 1:17 , RV, is thus distinguished, as the thing given, from the preceding word in the verse, dosis, "the act of giving" (AV, "gift" in each case); elsewhere in Romans 5:16 . It is to be distinguished also from doron, the usual word for a gift. See Gift.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
(2): (n.) A prayer or petition.
(3): (n.) Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.
(4): (n.) Kind; bountiful; benign.
(5): (n.) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
(6): (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
