Strong G2771κέρδος
gain
- Transliteration
- kerdos
- Pronunciation
- ker'-dos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
gain (pecuniary or generally): - gain lucre.
gain (pecuniary or generally): - gain lucre.
Detailed definition
κέρδος, -εος (-ους), τό
[in Aq.: Eze.27:24; Sm.: Psa.30:10, al.;]
gain: Php.1:21 3:7, Tit.1:11.†
(AS)
[in Aq.: Eze.27:24; Sm.: Psa.30:10, al.;]
gain: Php.1:21 3:7, Tit.1:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2771 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- gain2
- lucre1
First verses
- Philippians 1:21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
- Philippians 3:7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
- Titus 1:11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κέρδος, εος, τό,
gain, profit, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.140, etc.)]; ἐνόησεν ὅππως κ. ἔῃ how some advantage can be gained, what is best to be done, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.225; οὔ τοι τόδε κ. ἐγὼν ἔσσεσθαι ὀΐω ἡμῖν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.311, etc.)]; ποιέεσθαί τι ἐν κέρδεϊ, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ᾽, 6.13; κ. νομίσαι τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.68)]; ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.33; ἤν τι.. δάσωνται κ. ἡγεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.43; ἐκ πονηροῦ πράγματος κ. λαβεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 697)]; μέγ᾽ ἐστὶ κ., ἢν.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Mon.” 359; πρὸς τὸ κ. βλέπειν [prev. work] 364)]; participle, πᾶν κ. ἡγοῦ ζημιουμένη φυγῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 454)]; κ. ἐστί μοι, with infinitive, τί δῆτ᾽ ἐμοὶ ζῆν κ.; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 747)]; τί κ. ἦν αὐτῷ διαβάλλειν ἐμ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.13, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 607, 610)]: plural, gains, profits, περιβαλλόμενος ἑωυτῷ κέρδεα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.71)]; τὰ δειλὰ (variant{δεινὰ}) κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 326; τὰ κ. μείζω φαίνεσθαι τῶν δεινῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.59; τὰ πονηρὰ κ. 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 270:— κ. (_metaphorically_) opposed to ζημία (damage), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1132a12, (literal) opposed to ζημἱα (damages), [prev. work] 14; ζημίαν λαβεῖν ἄμεινόν ἐστιν ἢ κ. κακόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 807.)]
2 desire of gain, κέρδει καὶ σοφία δέδεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.54; ἄνδρας τὸ κ. πολλάκις διώλεσεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 222; εἰς τὸ κ. λῆμ᾽ ἔχων ἀνειμένον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 3: _plural_, κερδῶν ἄθικτος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 704; ἐν τοῖς κέρδεσιν μόνον δέδορκε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 388; μὴ 'πὶ κέρδεσιν λέγων [prev. author] “Ant.” 1061, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1207)]; of persons, ἡμέτερα κ. τῶν σοφῶν (={ἡμῶν τῶν σ}.) you of whom we wise men make gain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1202.)]
3 iron. [Refs (compare (κερδαίνω 11), ἀστεῖόν γε κ. ἔλαβεν ὁ κακοδαίμων [prev. work] 1064.)]
II in plural, cunning arts, wiles, ὃς δέ κε κ. εἰδῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.322, compare 709, +others)]; κέρδεσιν, οὔ τι τάχει γε παραφθάμενος[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 515; φρένας ἐσθλὰς κέρδεά θ᾽ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.118, compare 88; ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐν πᾶσι θεοῖσι μήτι τε κλέομαι καὶ κέρδεσιν 13.299; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ κέρδε᾽ ἐνώμας 18.216)]; κακὰ κ. βουλεύουσιν 'they mean mischief', [Refs (23.217. (Cf. OIr.)]cerd 'art', 'craft', Welsh cerdd 'craft' or 'music'.)
gain, profit, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.140, etc.)]; ἐνόησεν ὅππως κ. ἔῃ how some advantage can be gained, what is best to be done, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.225; οὔ τοι τόδε κ. ἐγὼν ἔσσεσθαι ὀΐω ἡμῖν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.311, etc.)]; ποιέεσθαί τι ἐν κέρδεϊ, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ᾽, 6.13; κ. νομίσαι τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.68)]; ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.33; ἤν τι.. δάσωνται κ. ἡγεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.43; ἐκ πονηροῦ πράγματος κ. λαβεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 697)]; μέγ᾽ ἐστὶ κ., ἢν.. [Refs ([prev. author] “Mon.” 359; πρὸς τὸ κ. βλέπειν [prev. work] 364)]; participle, πᾶν κ. ἡγοῦ ζημιουμένη φυγῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 454)]; κ. ἐστί μοι, with infinitive, τί δῆτ᾽ ἐμοὶ ζῆν κ.; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 747)]; τί κ. ἦν αὐτῷ διαβάλλειν ἐμ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 8.13, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 607, 610)]: plural, gains, profits, περιβαλλόμενος ἑωυτῷ κέρδεα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.71)]; τὰ δειλὰ (variant{δεινὰ}) κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 326; τὰ κ. μείζω φαίνεσθαι τῶν δεινῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.59; τὰ πονηρὰ κ. 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 270:— κ. (_metaphorically_) opposed to ζημία (damage), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1132a12, (literal) opposed to ζημἱα (damages), [prev. work] 14; ζημίαν λαβεῖν ἄμεινόν ἐστιν ἢ κ. κακόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 807.)]
2 desire of gain, κέρδει καὶ σοφία δέδεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.54; ἄνδρας τὸ κ. πολλάκις διώλεσεν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 222; εἰς τὸ κ. λῆμ᾽ ἔχων ἀνειμένον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 3: _plural_, κερδῶν ἄθικτος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 704; ἐν τοῖς κέρδεσιν μόνον δέδορκε 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 388; μὴ 'πὶ κέρδεσιν λέγων [prev. author] “Ant.” 1061, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1207)]; of persons, ἡμέτερα κ. τῶν σοφῶν (={ἡμῶν τῶν σ}.) you of whom we wise men make gain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1202.)]
3 iron. [Refs (compare (κερδαίνω 11), ἀστεῖόν γε κ. ἔλαβεν ὁ κακοδαίμων [prev. work] 1064.)]
II in plural, cunning arts, wiles, ὃς δέ κε κ. εἰδῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.322, compare 709, +others)]; κέρδεσιν, οὔ τι τάχει γε παραφθάμενος[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 515; φρένας ἐσθλὰς κέρδεά θ᾽ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.118, compare 88; ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐν πᾶσι θεοῖσι μήτι τε κλέομαι καὶ κέρδεσιν 13.299; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ κέρδε᾽ ἐνώμας 18.216)]; κακὰ κ. βουλεύουσιν 'they mean mischief', [Refs (23.217. (Cf. OIr.)]cerd 'art', 'craft', Welsh cerdd 'craft' or 'music'.)