KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: An administration, arrangement, or ordering. Sense 2: A stewardship or responsibility committed or given to someone.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 1 Corinthians 9:17
Complete exact-word concordance
For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
For if I doe this thing willingly, I haue a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the Gospel is committed vnto me.
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of times, he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heauen, and which are on earth, euen in him:
1611 marginal noteGr. the heauens.
If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
If ye haue heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which is giuen me to youward:
Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
Whereof I am made a Minister, according to the dispensation of God, which is giuen to mee for you, to fulfill the word of God:
1611 marginal noteOr, fully to preach the word of God, Rom. 1.19.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Stewardship, administration, distribution.
Distribution; the act of dealing out to different persons or places.
