δωρεάν (Dorean)

MEANINGFreely, as a gift, without cost or cause. Strong's G1432: 'gratuitously (literally or figuratively)', rendered in the KJV 'without a cause, freely, for naught, in vain'.

GRAMMARG1432, the adverb of doron (G1435, a gift): 'as a gift, gratis, for nothing'.

SIGNIFICANCEIn Revelation 22:17 it is the last word of the last invitation: the water of life is taken dorean, free of charge, by whosoever wills. In Romans 3:24 it describes justification itself, 'freely by his grace'. The gift costs the receiver nothing because it cost the Giver everything. That a thing is taken freely is the proof it is not earned, which is why receiving the water of life is not a work.

KEY VERSE / SCRIPTURESRevelation 22:17 (let him take the water of life freely); Romans 3:24 (justified freely by his grace).

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