Strong's Lexicon
G2770 — κερδαίνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2770 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κερδαίνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2771 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 17 |
| Transliteration: | kerdaino |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ker-dai'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to gain {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | (get) gain, win |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κερδαίνω: (future κερδήσω, Jas 4:13 Rec.bez elz L T Tr WH; see also below); 1 aorist ἐκέρδησα (an Ionic form from κερδάω, which later writers use for the earlier ἐκερδανα, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 740; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Sprchl. ii., p. 215; Winers Grammar, 87 (83); (Veitch, under the word)), once 1 aorist subjunctive κερδάνω (1Co 9:21 L T Tr (but WH (cf. also Griesbach note) read the future κερδάνω, cf. Buttmann, 60 (53); § 139, 38)); 1 future passive κερδηθήσομαι (the subjunctive κερδηθήσωνται, 1Pe 3:1 R G is a clerical error (cf. references under the word καίω, at the beginning), for which L T Tr WH have restored κερδηθήσονται (cf. Buttmann, § 139, 38)); (from Hesiod down); (from κέρδος); to gain, acquire; (Vulg. passimlucrifacio (alsolucro, etc.));
a. properly: τόν κόσμον, Mat 16:26; Mar 8:36; Luk 9:25; money, Mat 25:16 (L T WH),17,20,22; absolutely, to get gain, Jas 4:13.
b. metaphorically, α. with nouns signifying loss, damage, injury, it is used of the gain arising from shunning or escaping from the evil (where we say to spare oneself, be spared): τήν ὕβριν ταύτην καί ζημίαν, Act 27:21; τό γέ μιανθῆναι τάς χεῖρας κερδαίνειν, to avoid the crime of fratricide, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 3, 2; ζημίαν, to escape a loss, Euripides, Cycl. 312; other examples in Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 139f β. τινα, to gain anyone i. e. to win him over to the kingdom of God, which none but the placable enter, Mat 18:15; to gain one to faith in Christ, 1Pe 3:1; 1Co 9:19-22; Χριστόν, to gain Christ’s favor and fellowship, Php 3:8. Not found in the O. T.
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
κερδαίνω ((get) gain)
Matthew 16:26
- KJV: For 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
- GK: τι ωφεληείται άνθρωπος εάν τον κόσμον όλον κερδήση την δε ψυχήν αυτού ζημιωθή η τι δώσει άνθρωπος αντάλλαγμα της ψυχής αυτού
Matthew 18:15
- KJV: Moreover 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
- GK: εάν δε αμάρτηση εις σε ο αδελφός σου υπαγέ και έλεγξον αυτόν μεταξύ σου και αυτού μόνου εάν σου ακούση εκέρδησας τον αδελφόν σου
Matthew 25:17
- KJV: And likewise he that two he also gained other two
- GK: ωσαύτως και ο τα δύο εκέρδησε και αυτός άλλα δύο
Matthew 25:20
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και προσελθών ο τα πέντε τάλαντα λαβών προσήνεγκεν άλλα πέντε τάλαντα λέγων κύριε πέντε τάλαντά μοι παρέδωκας ίδε άλλα πέντε τάλαντα εκέρδησα επ΄ αυτοίς
Matthew 25:22
- KJV: He 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
- GK: προσελθών δε και ο τα δύο τάλαντα λαβών είπε κύριε δύο τάλαντά μοι παρέδωκας ίδε άλλα δύο τάλαντα εκέρδησα επ΄ αυτοίς
Mark 8:36
- KJV: For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul
- GK: τι γαρ ωφελήσει άνθρωπον εάν κερδήση τον κόσμον όλον και ζημιωθή την ψυχήν αυτού
Luke 9:25
- KJV: For what is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world and lose himself or be cast away
- GK: τι γαρ ωφελείται άνθρωπος κερδήσας τον κόσμον όλον εαυτόν δε απολέσας η ζημιωθείς
Acts 27:21
- KJV: But 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
- GK: πολλής δε ασιτίας υπαρχούσης τότε σταθείς ο Παύλος εν μέσω αυτών είπεν έδει μεν ω άνδρες πειθαρχήσαντάς μοι μη ανάγεσθαι από της Κρήτης κερδήσαί τε την ύβριν ταύτην και την ζημίαν
1 Corinthians 9:19
- KJV: For though I be free from all yet have I made myself servant unto all that I might gain the more
- GK: ελεύθερος γαρ ων εκ πάντων πάσιν εμαυτόν εδούλωσα ίνα τους πλείονας κερδήσω
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