Strong G2770κερδαίνω
to gain
- Transliteration
- kerdainō
- Pronunciation
- ker-dah'ee-no
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2771; to gain (literally or figuratively): - (get) gain win.
Detailed definition
κερδαίνω
[in Sm.: Job.22:3 *;]
to gain: with accusative, Mat.25:16-17, 20 25:22; τ. κόσμον, Mat.16:26, Mrk.8:36, Luk.9:25; absol., to make profit, get gain: Jas.4:13. Metaphorical, with accusative of thing(s), to save oneself from, avoid: Act.27:21 (Field, Notes, 145); with accusative of person(s), to gain, win: Mat.18:15, 1Co.9:19-22, Php.3:8; pass., 1Pe.3:1.†
(AS)
[in Sm.: Job.22:3 *;]
to gain: with accusative, Mat.25:16-17, 20 25:22; τ. κόσμον, Mat.16:26, Mrk.8:36, Luk.9:25; absol., to make profit, get gain: Jas.4:13. Metaphorical, with accusative of thing(s), to save oneself from, avoid: Act.27:21 (Field, Notes, 145); with accusative of person(s), to gain, win: Mat.18:15, 1Co.9:19-22, Php.3:8; pass., 1Pe.3:1.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2770 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gain12
- win2
- get1
- may1
First verses
- Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Matthew 18:15Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- Matthew 25:17And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
- Matthew 25:20And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
- Matthew 25:22He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
- Mark 8:36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
- Luke 9:25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
- Acts 27:21But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
- 1 Corinthians 9:19For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
- 1 Corinthians 9:20And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
- 1 Corinthians 9:21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
- 1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
- Philippians 3:8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
- James 4:13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
- 1 Peter 3:1Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κερδ-αίνω,
future - ᾰνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 876, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.20, etc.)]; Ionic dialect -ανέω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.35, 8.60.γ)]; κερδήσω [NT+5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.390 (Menecrates Comicus), NT.Jam.4.13, κερδήσομαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72)]: aorist 1 ἐκέρδᾱνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).27, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.134)] codices, etc.; Ionic dialect -ηνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 14.6, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.5, also ἐκέρδησα [prev. author] 4.152, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 4.13, etc.)]: perfect κεκέρδαγκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 53.5, κεκέρδᾰκα 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.366 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 5.25, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 81.2, etc., κεκέρδηκα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.30 (προς-), 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.20.2)]:— passive, aorist participle κερδανθείς [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.67 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]: perfect κεκερδημένος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.6.5)]: (κέρδος):—gain, derive profit or advantage, κακὰ κ. make unfair gains, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 352; μέγιστα ἐκ φορτίων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.152)]; τί κερδαν; what shall I gain? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 259)]; κ. τινί gain by a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 604; σμικρὰ κερδανῶ φυγῇ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1301; κέρδος κ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 889 (Lyric poetry); κ. ἓξ τάλαντα 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator [same place]; τὸν χρόνον κερδαίνει ὃν ἔζη οὐ προσῆκον αὐτῷ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.84)]; κ. λόγον win fame, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).27)]; χρηστὰ κ. ἔπη receive fair words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 231)]: with participle, gain by doing.., εἰ δὲ κερδανῶ λέγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1051 (probably); πολεμοῦντες οὐ κερδαίνομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1591, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.93; οὐδὲν ἐκμαθοῦσα κερδανεῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 876)]; Μεγάροισι κερδανέομεν περιεοῦσι we shall gain by Megara's preservation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.60.γ)]; also κ. ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 46:)] —passive, τὰ κερδανθέντα Phld. [prev. cited]
2 absolutely, make profit, gain advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 520; τοῦ κ. ἔχου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 28, compare 354)]; ἐξ ἅπαντος, ἀπὸ παντός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 312, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.4; παρά τινων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.7; πρὸς σοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 191)]; opposed to τὸ τιμᾶσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44)]; traffic, make merchandise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1037.)]
II in bad sense, reap disadvantage from a thing, διπλᾶ δάκρυα κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 518; κερδᾶναι τὸν πολὺ χείρω βίον ἀντὶ θανάτου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 9.)]
III save or spare oneself, avoid, μεγάλα κακά [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 92.10; ὕβριν NT.Act.27.21; τὸ μὴ μιανθῆναι τὰς χεῖρας 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.3.2; ἐνόχλησιν 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.14, compare 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 2.26, “Anthologia Graeca” 10.59 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus).)]
future - ᾰνῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 876, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.20, etc.)]; Ionic dialect -ανέω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.35, 8.60.γ)]; κερδήσω [NT+5th c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.390 (Menecrates Comicus), NT.Jam.4.13, κερδήσομαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72)]: aorist 1 ἐκέρδᾱνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).27, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.134)] codices, etc.; Ionic dialect -ηνα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 14.6, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.5, also ἐκέρδησα [prev. author] 4.152, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 4.13, etc.)]: perfect κεκέρδαγκα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 53.5, κεκέρδᾰκα 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.366 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 3rd c.AD(?): Achilles Tatius Astronomus 5.25, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 81.2, etc., κεκέρδηκα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.30 (προς-), 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 1.20.2)]:— passive, aorist participle κερδανθείς [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.67 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]: perfect κεκερδημένος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.6.5)]: (κέρδος):—gain, derive profit or advantage, κακὰ κ. make unfair gains, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 352; μέγιστα ἐκ φορτίων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.152)]; τί κερδαν; what shall I gain? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 259)]; κ. τινί gain by a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 604; σμικρὰ κερδανῶ φυγῇ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1301; κέρδος κ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 889 (Lyric poetry); κ. ἓξ τάλαντα 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator [same place]; τὸν χρόνον κερδαίνει ὃν ἔζη οὐ προσῆκον αὐτῷ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.84)]; κ. λόγον win fame, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).27)]; χρηστὰ κ. ἔπη receive fair words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 231)]: with participle, gain by doing.., εἰ δὲ κερδανῶ λέγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1051 (probably); πολεμοῦντες οὐ κερδαίνομεν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1591, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.93; οὐδὲν ἐκμαθοῦσα κερδανεῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 876)]; Μεγάροισι κερδανέομεν περιεοῦσι we shall gain by Megara's preservation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.60.γ)]; also κ. ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 46:)] —passive, τὰ κερδανθέντα Phld. [prev. cited]
2 absolutely, make profit, gain advantage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 520; τοῦ κ. ἔχου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 28, compare 354)]; ἐξ ἅπαντος, ἀπὸ παντός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 312, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.9.4; παρά τινων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.7; πρὸς σοῦ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 191)]; opposed to τὸ τιμᾶσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.44)]; traffic, make merchandise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1037.)]
II in bad sense, reap disadvantage from a thing, διπλᾶ δάκρυα κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 518; κερδᾶναι τὸν πολὺ χείρω βίον ἀντὶ θανάτου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 9.)]
III save or spare oneself, avoid, μεγάλα κακά [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 92.10; ὕβριν NT.Act.27.21; τὸ μὴ μιανθῆναι τὰς χεῖρας 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.3.2; ἐνόχλησιν 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.14, compare 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 2.26, “Anthologia Graeca” 10.59 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus).)]