Lexicon peripoieó: to preserve, get possession of Original Word: περιποιέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: peripoieó Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I acquire, purchase Definition: I acquire, earn, purchase, make my own, preserve alive. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 4046 peripoiéomai – properly, fully acquire (literally, "make all-around, comprehensively"); make one's own; reserve for oneself, with deep personal interest (caring). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom peri and poieóDefinitionto preserve, get possession of NASB Translationkeep (1), obtain (1), purchased (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4046: περιποιέωπεριποιέω, 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 הֶחֱיָה): τήν ψυχήν, life, Luke 17:33 T Tr WH (τάς ψυχάς, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 4, 10). 2. to get for oneself, purchase: τί, Acts 20:28 (Isaiah 43:21; δύναμιν, Thucydides 1, 9; Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 3); τί ἐμαυτῷ, gain for myself (Winer's Grammar, § 38, 6), 1 Timothy 3:13 (1 Macc. 6:44; Xenophon, an. 5, 8, 17).
Strong's acquire, purchase. Middle voice from peri and poieo; to make around oneself, i.e. Acquire (buy) -- purchase. see GREEK peri see GREEK poieo |
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