Strong's Lexicon
G4046 — περιποιέομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4046 |
|---|---|
| Word: | περιποιέομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice from G4012 and G4160 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | peripoieomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to make around oneself, i.e. acquire (buy) |
| KJV Renderings: | purchase |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περιποιέω, περιποιῶ: middle, present περιποιοῦμαι; 1 aorist περιεποιησάμην; (see περί, III. 2); from Herodotus down; "to make to remain over; to reserve, to leave or keep safe, lay by; middle to make to remain for oneself," i. e.:
1. to preserve for oneself (the Sept. for äÆçÁéÈä): τήν ψυχήν, life, Luk 17:33 T Tr WH (τάς ψυχάς, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 4, 10).
2. to get for oneself, purchase: τί, Act 20:28 (Isa 43:21; δύναμιν, Thucydides 1, 9; Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 3); τί ἐμαυτῷ, gain for myself (Winer’s Grammar, § 38, 6), 1Ti 3:13 (1Ma 6:44; Xenophon, an. 5, 8, 17).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
περιποιέω (purchase)
Acts 20:28
- KJV: Take 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
- GK: προσέχετε ούν εαυτοίς και παντί τω ποιμνίω εν ω υμάς το πνεύμα το άγιον έθετο επισκόπους ποιμαίνειν την εκκλησίαν του θεού ην περιεποιήσατο διά του ιδίου αίματος
1 Timothy 3:13
- KJV: For 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
- GK: οι γαρ καλώς διακονήσαντες βαθμόν εαυτοίς καλόν περιποιούνται και πολλήν παρρησίαν εν πίστει τη εν χριστώ Ιησού