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International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Bestow:

be-sto':The seven Hebrew words rendered by this term variously mean "to put" or "place," "to give"; "do," "deposit," as e.g. to locate chariots and horsemen in cities (1Ki 10:26); or give a blessing (Ex 32:29). Four Greek words so translated signify "to give," "to labor," "to feed," "to place around"; as sunago, "to stow away goods" (Lu 12:17); or psomizo, "give away" (1Co 13:3). The term has richest significance in expressing God's abundant gift of grace and love, didomi (2Co 8:1 the King James Version; 1Jo 3:1).

King James Dictionary

Bestow: To Gather Together.

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to BESTOW my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I BESTOW all my fruits and my goods. (Luke 12:16-18)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Bestow:

"to give," is rendered "bestow" in 1Jo 3:1, the implied idea being that of giving freely. The AV has it in 2Cr 8:1; the RV adheres to the lit. rendering, "the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia."
See ADVENTURE and especially GIVE.

Bestow:

"to bring together" (sun, "together," ago, "to bring"), is used in the sense of "bestowing," or stowing, by the rich man who laid up his goods for himself, Luk 12:17, 18.
See ASSEMBLE, COME, GATHER, LEAD, RESORT, TAKE.

Bestow:

(a) "to grow tired with toil," Mat 11:28; Jhn 4:6; Rev 2:3, also means

(b) "to bestow labor, work with toil," Rom 16:6; Gal 4:11; in Jhn 4:38, AV, "bestowed (no) labor," RV, "have (not) labored," and, in the same verse, AV and RV, "labored."
See LABOR, TOIL, WEARY.

Bestow:

primarily "to feed by putting little bits into the mouths of infants or animals," came to denote simply "to give out food, to feed," and is rendered by the phrase "bestow... to feed" in 1Cr 13:3; "feed," Rom 12:20; there the person to be fed is mentioned; in 1Cr 13:3 the material to be given is specified, and the rendering "bestow... to feed" is necessary.
See FEED.

Bestow:

"to put around or on" (peri, "around," tithemi, "to put"), is translated in 1Cr 12:23 (metaphorically) "bestow" (marg., "put on").
See PUT, SET, No. 5.

Bestow:

"to show favor, grant, bestow," is rendered "bestowed" in Luk 7:21, RV, for AV, "gave." Here and in Gal 3:18, the verb might be translated "graciously conferred."
See DELIVER, FORGIVE, GIVE, GRANT.

Note: For "freely bestowed" see ACCEPT, A, Note.