Meaning of “gift”

1. Gift — (1.) An gratuity (Prov. 19:6) to secure favour (18:16; 21:14), a thank-offering (Num. 18:11), or a dowry (Gen. 34:12). (2.) An oblation or proppitatory gift (2Sa 8:2,6; 1Ch 18:2,6; 2Ch 26:8; Ps. 45:12; 72:10). (3.) A bribe to a judge to obtain a favourable verdict (Ex. 23:8; Deut. 16:19). (4.) Simply a thing given (Matt. 7:11; Luke 11:13; Eph. 4:8); sacrifical (Matt. 5:23, 24; 8:4); eleemosynary (Luke 21:1); a gratuity (John 4:10; Acts 8:20). In Acts 2:38 the generic word dorea is rendered "gift." It differs from the charisma (1 Cor. 12:4) as denoting not miraculous powers but the working of a new spirit in men, and that spirit from God. The giving of presents entered largely into the affairs of common life in the East. The nature of the presents was as various as were the occasions: food (1 Sam. 9:7; 16:20), sheep and cattle (Gen. 32:13-15), gold (2 Sam. 18:11), jewels (Gen. 24:53), furniture, and vessels for eating and drinking (2 Sam. 17:28); delicacies, as spices, honey, etc. (1 Kings 10:25; 2 Kings 5: 22). The mode of presentation was with as much parade as possible: the presents were conveyed by the hands of servants (Judg. 3:18), or still better, on the backs of beasts of burden (2 Kings 8:9). The refusal of a present was regarded as a high indignity; and this constituted the aggravated insult noticed in Matt. 22:11, the marriage robe having been offered and refused.

2. Gifts, spiritual — (Gr. charismata), gifts supernaturally bestowed on the early Christians, each having his own proper gift or gifts for the edification of the body of Christ. These were the result of the extraordinary operation of the Spirit, as on the day of Pentecost. They were the gifts of speaking with tongues, casting out devils, healing, etc. (Mark 16:17, 18), usually communicated by the medium of the laying on of the hands of the apostles (Acts 8:17; 19:6; 1 Tim. 4:14). These charismata were enjoyed only for a time. They could not continue always in the Church. They were suited to its infancy and to the necessities of those times.

3. Tongues, Gift of — granted on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4), in fulfilment of a promise Christ had made to his disciples (Mark 16:17). What this gift actually was has been a subject of much discussion. Some have argued that it was merely an outward sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit among the disciples, typifying his manifold gifts, and showing that salvation was to be extended to all nations. But the words of Luke (Acts 2:9) clearly show that the various peoples in Jerusalem at the time of Pentecost did really hear themselves addressed in their own special language with which they were naturally acquainted (comp. Joel 2:28, 29). Among the gifts of the Spirit the apostle enumerates in 1 Cor. 12:10-14:30, "divers kinds of tongues" and the "interpretation of tongues." This "gift" was a different manifestation of the Spirit from that on Pentecost, although it resembled it in many particulars. Tongues were to be "a sign to them that believe not."

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1. Genesis Chapter 25 Verse 6 — But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

2. Genesis Chapter 34 Verse 12 — Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

3. Exodus Chapter 23 Verse 8 — And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

4. Exodus Chapter 28 Verse 38 — And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.

5. Leviticus Chapter 23 Verse 38 — Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.

6. Numbers Chapter 8 Verse 19 — And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

7. Numbers Chapter 18 Verse 29 — Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

8. Numbers Chapter 18 Verse 11 — And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

9. Numbers Chapter 18 Verse 7 — Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

10. Numbers Chapter 18 Verse 6 — And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.

11. Deuteronomy Chapter 16 Verse 19 — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

12. 2 Samuel Chapter 8 Verse 6 — Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

13. 2 Samuel Chapter 8 Verse 2 — And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

14. 2 Samuel Chapter 19 Verse 42 — And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

15. 1 Chronicles Chapter 18 Verse 6 — Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

16. 1 Chronicles Chapter 18 Verse 2 — And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

17. 2 Chronicles Chapter 19 Verse 7 — Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

18. 2 Chronicles Chapter 21 Verse 3 — And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.

19. 2 Chronicles Chapter 26 Verse 8 — And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.

20. 2 Chronicles Chapter 32 Verse 23 — And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

21. Esther Chapter 2 Verse 18 — Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

22. Esther Chapter 9 Verse 22 — As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

23. Psalms Chapter 45 Verse 12 — And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

24. Psalms Chapter 68 Verse 18 — Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.

25. Psalms Chapter 72 Verse 10 — The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

26. Proverbs Chapter 6 Verse 35 — He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

27. Proverbs Chapter 15 Verse 27 — He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

28. Proverbs Chapter 17 Verse 23 — A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

29. Proverbs Chapter 17 Verse 8 — A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

30. Proverbs Chapter 18 Verse 16 — A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

31. Proverbs Chapter 19 Verse 6 — Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

32. Proverbs Chapter 21 Verse 14 — A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

33. Proverbs Chapter 25 Verse 14 — Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

34. Proverbs Chapter 29 Verse 4 — The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

35. Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 Verse 13 — And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

36. Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 Verse 19 — Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

37. Ecclesiastes Chapter 7 Verse 7 — Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

38. Isaiah Chapter 1 Verse 23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

39. Ezekiel Chapter 16 Verse 33 — They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom.

40. Ezekiel Chapter 20 Verse 39 — As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.

41. Ezekiel Chapter 20 Verse 31 — For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

42. Ezekiel Chapter 20 Verse 26 — And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

43. Ezekiel Chapter 22 Verse 12 — In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

44. Ezekiel Chapter 46 Verse 17 — But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them.

45. Ezekiel Chapter 46 Verse 16 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance.

46. Daniel Chapter 2 Verse 48 — Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

47. Daniel Chapter 2 Verse 6 — But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

48. Daniel Chapter 5 Verse 17 — Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

49. Matthew Chapter 2 Verse 11 — And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh.

50. Matthew Chapter 5 Verse 24 — Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

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