δωρεά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(< δίδωμι), [in LXX chiefly (-άν) for חִנָּם, as Ge 29:15;]
a gift: Ac 11:17, Ro 5:15, He 6:4; δ. τ. θεοῦ, Jo 4:10, Ac 8:20; τ. Χριστοῦ, Eph 4:7; τ. πνεύματος, Ac 2:3810:45; τ. δικαιοσύνης, Ro 5:17; τ. χάριτος, Eph 3:7; ἀνεκδιηγήτὶῳ δ., II Co 9:15. Acc, δωρεάν, adverbially (as freq. in LXX),
(a) freely, as a gift: Mt 10:8, Ro 3:24, II Co 11:7, II Th 3:8, Re 21:622:17;
(b) in vain, uselessly: Jo 15:25(LXX)Ga 2:21.†
SYN.: v.s. δόμα