The Greek noun doron (δῶρον) means a gift, present, or offering — particularly a votive offering or religious gift brought to God. It appears 19 times in the New Testament, predominantly in Matthew in connection with temple offerings and in Hebrews in the context of priestly ministry. The word emphasizes the voluntary, grace-based nature of the giving.
Doron in the New Testament most often refers to gifts offered to God in worship (Matthew 5:23–24; 8:4). Jesus's teaching about doron is striking: the gift at the altar cannot substitute for reconciled relationships — bringing your doron while harboring resentment against a brother makes the offering meaningless. In Ephesians 2:8, salvation itself is called a 'gift of God' (doron equivalent) — not of works. Hebrews uses doron to show that Christ's self-offering supersedes all previous temple gifts, being the perfect and final offering that the entire sacrificial system foreshadowed.