Lexical Summary peripoiēsis: preservation, acquisition Original Word: περιποίησιςTransliteration: peripoiēsis Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-poy'-ay-sis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: preservation, acquisition Meaning: preservation, acquisition Strong's Concordance acquisition, possessionFrom peripoieomai; acquisition (the act or the thing); by extension, preservation -- obtain(-ing), peculiar, purchased, possession, saving. see GREEK peripoieomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4047: περιποίησιςπεριποίησις, περιποιήσεως, ἡ (περιποιέω); 1. a preserving, preservation: εἰς περιποίησιν ψυχῆς, to the preserving of the soul, namely, that it may be made partaker of eternal salvation (A. V. unto the saving of the soul), Hebrews 10:39 (Plato, deff., p. 415 c.). 2. possession, one's own property: 1 Peter 2:9 (Isaiah 43:20f); Ephesians 1:14 (on this passive see ἀπολύτρωσις, 2): 3. an obtaining: with a genitive of the thing to be obtained, 1 Thessalonians 5:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:14. STRONGS NT 4047a: περιρραίνωπεριρραίνω (Tdf. περιραίνω, with one rho ῥ; see Rho): perfect passive participle, περιρεραμμενος (cf. Mu); (περί and ῤαίνω to sprinkle); to sprinkle around, besprinkle: ἱμάτιον, passive, Revelation 19:13 Tdf. (others, βεβαμμένον (except WH ῥεραντισμενον, see ῤαντίζω, and their Appendix at the passage)). (Aristophanes, Menander, Philo, Plutarch, others; the Sept..) |
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