Strong G4046περιποιέω
to gain
- Transliteration
- peripoieomai
- Pronunciation
- per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
περι-ποιέω, -ῶ
[in LXX for pi., hi., etc.;]
to make to remain over, preserve.
Mid.
__(a) to keep or save for oneself: τ. ψυχήν (cf. Xen., Cyr., iv, 4, 10; Arist., Pol., v, 11, 30), Luk.17:33;
__(b) to get or gain for oneself, get possession of (Thuc., Xen., al.): Act.20:28, 1Ti.3:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX for pi., hi., etc.;]
to make to remain over, preserve.
Mid.
__(a) to keep or save for oneself: τ. ψυχήν (cf. Xen., Cyr., iv, 4, 10; Arist., Pol., v, 11, 30), Luk.17:33;
__(b) to get or gain for oneself, get possession of (Thuc., Xen., al.): Act.20:28, 1Ti.3:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4046 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- purchase2
First verses
- Acts 20:28Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- 1 Timothy 3:13For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
περιποι-έω,
cause to remain over and above, keep safe, preserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.25, +others, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.63, etc.)]; ἐκ κακῶν καὶ πολέμου ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς π. [Refs ([prev. author] 6.47.)]
2 of money, food, etc., save up, lay by, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.10; ἀπ᾽ ὀλίγων [prev. work] 2.10)]; τῶν προσόδων part of the revenues, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.38, compare “POxy.” 2148.17 (1st c.AD).)]
3 obtain a net product or residue, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 58.)]
4 generally, procure, secure, achieve, lay up, αἰσχύνην τῇ πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.301; π. τῇ πόλει τὰ εἰς τιμὴν ἀνήκοντα “Milet.” 3 No.146.84 (3rd c.BC))]; πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα τῶν συμφερόντων τῇ πατρίδι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IGRom.” 4.1757 (Sardes, 1st c.BC))]; δυναστείας ἑαυτοῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.3 (_middle_),compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.11)]; τὰ πράγματα ἐς ἑαυτοὺς π. get things into their own hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.48, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.6.)]
II middle, keep or save for oneself, [τὸ παιδίον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.110 (sed to be read -ποιήσῃς) τὸ ζῆν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1315a26; ἐλπίδας ἑαυτῷ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.240)]; compass, acquire, gain possession of, δύναμιν, ἰσχύν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9, 15)]; ἑαυτῷ ὄνομα καὶ δύναμιν π. [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.17, cf. LXX.1Mac.6.44; παρὰ τοῦ πλήθους δόξαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.19; αὑτοῖς δυναστείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306a24; πρόβατα “PMich.Zen.” 87.7 (3rd c.BC))]; [ἐκκλησίαν] διὰ τοῦ αἵματος [NT (NT.Act.20.28)]; saue, τοσαῦτα ὥστε καὶ πλουτεῖν [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.3; χρυσίον LXX.1Ch.29.3)]; make gain, ἀπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.38)]:— passive, χρήματα περιποιηθησόμενα [Refs (“Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.4.26 “Intr.”)]
II.2 in sense of active 1.1, frequently in [LXX (LXX, as LXX.Gen.12.12, +others)]
cause to remain over and above, keep safe, preserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.25, +others, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.63, etc.)]; ἐκ κακῶν καὶ πολέμου ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς π. [Refs ([prev. author] 6.47.)]
2 of money, food, etc., save up, lay by, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.10; ἀπ᾽ ὀλίγων [prev. work] 2.10)]; τῶν προσόδων part of the revenues, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.38, compare “POxy.” 2148.17 (1st c.AD).)]
3 obtain a net product or residue, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 58.)]
4 generally, procure, secure, achieve, lay up, αἰσχύνην τῇ πόλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.301; π. τῇ πόλει τὰ εἰς τιμὴν ἀνήκοντα “Milet.” 3 No.146.84 (3rd c.BC))]; πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα τῶν συμφερόντων τῇ πατρίδι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IGRom.” 4.1757 (Sardes, 1st c.BC))]; δυναστείας ἑαυτοῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.3 (_middle_),compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 15.11)]; τὰ πράγματα ἐς ἑαυτοὺς π. get things into their own hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.48, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.6.)]
II middle, keep or save for oneself, [τὸ παιδίον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.110 (sed to be read -ποιήσῃς) τὸ ζῆν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1315a26; ἐλπίδας ἑαυτῷ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.240)]; compass, acquire, gain possession of, δύναμιν, ἰσχύν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.9, 15)]; ἑαυτῷ ὄνομα καὶ δύναμιν π. [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.17, cf. LXX.1Mac.6.44; παρὰ τοῦ πλήθους δόξαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.19; αὑτοῖς δυναστείαν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306a24; πρόβατα “PMich.Zen.” 87.7 (3rd c.BC))]; [ἐκκλησίαν] διὰ τοῦ αἵματος [NT (NT.Act.20.28)]; saue, τοσαῦτα ὥστε καὶ πλουτεῖν [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.3; χρυσίον LXX.1Ch.29.3)]; make gain, ἀπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.2.38)]:— passive, χρήματα περιποιηθησόμενα [Refs (“Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.4.26 “Intr.”)]
II.2 in sense of active 1.1, frequently in [LXX (LXX, as LXX.Gen.12.12, +others)]