dorean marks something given or received without payment, and can also describe hostility without cause or an outcome with no point.

The predominant use marks an action or gift not obtained by payment or charge: preaching, bread, healing and giving, justification, and life-giving water are described in such terms. In isolated clauses, it marks hatred lacking a cause and Christ's death being “for nothing” if righteousness comes through the law.

1. Without payment or charge · dominant

   The adverbial form occurs where no payment is made or required: in 2 Corinthians 11:7 the APB renders Paul's preaching as “without charge,” and in 2 Thessalonians 3:8 it contrasts bread received “without payment” with labor and toil. Matthew 10:8 joins receiving and giving, while Revelation 21:6 and Revelation 22:17 describe the water of life as given or taken without payment; Romans 3:24 renders the clause “justified freely.”

   2 Corinthians 11:72 Thessalonians 3:8Matthew 10:8Revelation 21:6Revelation 22:17Romans 3:24
2. Without cause · rare

   In John 15:25, the adverbial form belongs to the cited statement about hatred: the APB renders the clause, “They hated me without cause.” The verse presents the hatred as lacking a stated ground.

   John 15:25
3. For no result · rare

   In Galatians 2:21, the adverbial form occurs in the conditional claim that, if righteousness comes through the law, “then Christ died for nothing” in the APB. It characterizes that death as having no point under the stated condition.

   Galatians 2:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its wording among “without charge,” “without payment,” “freely,” “without price,” “without cause,” and “for nothing.” These renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than supplying separate lexical definitions.