Bible Dictionary
BESTOW
To put, place, give, or provide. The word is used especially of God's abundant bestowal of grace and love, as well as of ordinary gifts and provisions.
Definition
To bestow means to put, place, give, provide, deposit, or arrange. The word may describe placing chariots and horsemen in cities, giving a blessing, storing goods, feeding, or giving something away.
Biblical Usage
The term has particular significance when it expresses God’s abundant gift of grace and love. Scripture also uses it for ordinary acts of giving, provision, placement, and labor.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>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).</p>