δόμα, 
-τος, 
τό, (
δίδωμι), 
a gift: 
Matthew 7:11; 
Luke 11:13; 
Ephesians 4:8; 
Philippians 4:17. (Plato, def., p. 415 b.; Plutarch; often in the 
Sept., chiefly for 
מַתָּנָה.) Cf. Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 291f [who quotes 
Varro de ling. Latin 50 4, p. 48, Bip. edition "
dos erit pecunia si nuptiarum causa data: haec Graece δωτίνη, 
ita enim hoc Siculi: ab eodem Donum. Nam Graece ut ipsi δῶρον, 
ut alii δόμα, 
et ut Attici δόσις."]
    [
Synonyms: δόμα, 
δόσις, 
δῶρον, 
δωρεά: 
δόσ. active, a giving, passive, thing given, cf. medical "dose"; 
δῶρ. specific "present," yet not always gratuitous or wholly unsuggestive of recompense; but 
δωρεά differs from 
δῶρ. in denoting a gift which is also a gratuity, hence of the benefactions of a sovereign; a 
δόσις θεοῦ is what God confers as possessor of all things; a 
δωρεὰ θεοῦ is an expression of his favor; a 
δῶρον θεοῦ is something which becomes the recipient's abiding possession. Philo de cherub. § 25, says 
πάνυ ἐκδήλως παριστάς (
Num. 28:2), 
ὅτι τῶν ὄντων τὰ μὲν χάριτος μέσης ἠξίωται, 
ἣ καλεῖται δόσις, 
τὰ δὲ ἀμείνονος, 
ἧς ὄνομα οἰκεῖον δωρεά. Again, de leg. alleg. 3 § 70 (on the same biblical passage), 
διατηρήσεις ὅτι δῶρα δομάτων διαφέρουσι· τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἔμφασιν μεγέθους τελείων ἀγαθῶν δηλοῦσιν... 
τὰ δὲ εἰς βραχύτατον ἔσταλται κτλ. Hence 
δόμα, 
δόσις, 
gift; δωρεά, 
δῶρον, 
benefaction, bounty, etc.; yet cf. 
e. g. Test. 12 Patr. test. Zab. § 1 
ἐγώ εἰμι Ζαβουλών, 
δόσις ἀγαθὴ τοῖς γονεὒσί μου, with 
Gen. 30:20 δεδώρηται ὁ θεός μοι δῶρον καλὸν... 
κ. 
ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὺτοῦ Ζαβουλών. Cf. Schmidt ch. 106.]
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