Strong G2932κτάομαι

to posses

Transliteration
ktaomai
Pronunciation
ktah'-om-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

A primary verb; to get that is acquire (by any means; own): - obtain possess provide purchase.

Detailed definition

κτάομαι, -ῶμαι
[in LXX chiefly for קָנָה;]
in pres., impf., fut. and aor., to procure for oneself, get, gain, acquire (the pf. and plpf., to have acquired, hence to possess, do not occur in NT): with accusative of thing(s), Mat.10:9, Luk.18:12, Act.8:20; with genitive pret., Act.22:28; ἐκ with genitive pret., Act.1:18; τ,ψυχὰς ὑμῶν (MM, xvi), Luk.21:19; τ. ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος κτᾶσθαι, 1Th.4:4 (where if σ. = body, κ. must = pf., κέκτημαι; see MM, xvi; M, Th., in l; Field, Notes, 72 f. But σ. is most frequently taken as = wife; see Thayer, see word; Lft., Notes, 53 ff.; ICC, in l).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2932 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • possess3
  • purchase2
  • obtain1
  • provide1

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:9
    Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
  2. Luke 18:12
    I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
  3. Luke 21:19
    In your patience possess ye your souls.
  4. Acts 1:18
    Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
  5. Acts 8:20
    But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
  6. Acts 22:28
    And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
  7. 1 Thessalonians 4:4
    That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κτάομαι,
Ionic dialect κτέομαι, only as variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.112)]: future κτήσομαι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 6.4, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 200, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 289, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 417a, etc. (in _passive_ sense, 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.15, assuming variant); κεκτήσομαι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1022, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 514, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 467a (ἐκτήσομαι in “La.” 192e, and probably in 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 110.4):)]aorist ἐκτησάμην, Epic dialect κτ-, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.4, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Pae.” 2.59, etc.)]: perfect κέκτημαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 437, etc., ἔκτημαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.402, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 795, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.44, and sometimes in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus (κεκτῄμεθα and ἐκτῆσθαι)] in following lines, [Refs (“R.” 505b, ἐκτῆσθαι τοῦ κεκτῆσθαι ἕνεκα “Tht.” 198d))]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐκτέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.23)]; subjunctive κέκτωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 936b; _optative_ κεκτῄμην, ῇτο, [prev. work] 731c, 742e, κεκτῴμην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 282)] codices: pluperfect ἐκεκτήμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.74, 4.41, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.17, etc.; poetry κεκτήμην 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 404)]; Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἔκτηντο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.108)]; Attic dialect 1st pers. plural ἐκτήμεθα falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.37)]: for future and aorist passive, see below[Refs (111.)]
I present, imperfect, future, and aorist,
I.1 procure for oneself, get, acquire, κτήμασι τέρπεσθαι τὰ γέρων ἐκτήσατο Πηλεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.400, etc.)]; [οἰκῆας] Od.[same place]; γῆν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eu.” [same place], compare “Pers.” 770)]; of horses, win (as a prize), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.52)]; κτήσασθαι βίον ἀπό τινος to get one's living from a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.106)]; win favour, and the like, χάριν ἀπό τινος, ἔκ τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 471, “Ph.” 1370; παρά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.43; τὴν εὔνοιαν τὴν παρὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.68)]; κ. φίλους, ἑταίρους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1360, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 804 (troch.); κτήσασθαι παῖδας ἐξ ὁμοσπόρου [prev. author] “IT” 696, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1499, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.105; παῖδας ἐς δόμους κτήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 491, compare “Supp.” 225; πολλάκις δοκεῖ τὸ φυλάξαι τἀγαθὰ τοῦ κτήσασθαι χαλεπώτερον εἶναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.23.)]
I.1.b of consequences, bring upon oneself, αὑτῷ θάνατον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 968)]; incur, θεᾶς ὀργήν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 777; κακά [prev. author] “El.” 1004; ξυμφοράς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 543; ἔχθραν πρός τινα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.42)]; δυσσέβειαν κ. get a name for impiety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 924; κακὸν λόγον πρὸς ἀστῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 166, compare “IT” 676; ἐκ τῶν πόνων τὰς ἀρετὰς κ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.123.)]
I.1.c κ. τινὰς πολεμίους make them so, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.5.17; οὔ ποτ᾽ εὔνουν τὴν ἐμὴν κτήσῃ φρένα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1281.)]
I.2 procure or get for another, ἐμοὶ δ᾽ ἐκτήσατο κεῖνος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20. 265; μέγαν τέκνοις πλοῦτον ἐκτήσω 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 755 (troch.), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 15.1.)]
II in perfect and pluperfect with future κεκτήσομαι, to have acquired, i.e. possess, hold (opposed to χρῆσθαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 28o d), οὐδ᾽ ὅσα φασὶν Ἴλιον ἐκτῆσθαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.402, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.46, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260b; ὅπλα μὴ ἐκτῆσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 778; στρατὸν πλεῖστον ἐκτημένοι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.161; κοινὸν ὄμμ᾽ ἐκτημέναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 795)]; φωνὴν βάρβαρον κεκτ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 1051; κεκτ. τινὰ σύμμαχον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1343; κ. κάλλος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 1.8; ἀρετήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 340e; τέχνην 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.6)]; ποίησιν to be master of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 829c: uncertain in)]aorist, ἀγορὰς κτησάμενοι having market-places, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.153 (to be read στησάμενοι): with _impersonal_ subject, πραγμάτων ἀγῶνας κεκτημένων)] involving effort, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 21)]:—the differentbetween present and perfect appears from [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.6.3, ἃ [χρήματα] καὶ κτωμένους εὐφραίνει καὶ κεκτημένους.. ποιεῖ ζῆν)]: later, present in perfect sense, [NT (NT.Luke.18.12.)]
II.b of evils, ἄγος κεκτήσεται θεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1022; κακά 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 272; φθόνον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 870c.)]
II.c have in store, opposed to ἔχω, have in hand, ready for use, ἔχων τε καὶ κεκτημένος.. κακά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1278; ἔχειν τε καὶ κεκτῆσθαι τὸ ψεῦδος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 382b. compare “Tht.” 197b, 198d, “Cra.” 393b)]; κ. ἱμάτιον own, opposed to ἔχειν (wear), [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 197b.)]
II.d absolutely, to be a property-owner, τῶν ἐκτημένων ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 633.73 (Milet., 2nd c.BC), compare 888.15 (3rd c.AD).)]
II.2 ὁ κεκτημένος owner, master (especially of slaves), as substantive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 4, etc.; οἱ κ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 337)]; of a husband, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 715)]; ἡ κεκτημένη my mistress, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 762, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1126, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 61, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 48.)]
III aorist 1 passive ἐκτήθην in passive sense, to be gotten, ἃ ἐκτήθη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.123, 2.36)]; to be obtained as property, δουλόσυνος πρὸς οἶκον κτηθεῖσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 449 (Lyric poetry), compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.27, etc.)]: future κτηθήσομαι [Refs (LXX “Je.” 39 (32). 43.)](active κτάω[Refs 6th c.AD+ (very late, “PLond.” 1.77 (6th c.AD).))]