2932. ktaomai
Strong's Concordance
ktaomai: to acquire
Original Word: κτάομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ktaomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ktah'-om-ahee)
Definition: to acquire
Usage: (a) I acquire, win, get, purchase, buy, (b) I possess, win mastery over.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to acquire
NASB Translation
acquire (1), acquired (2), gain (1), get (1), obtain (1), possess (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2932: κτάομαι

κτάομαι, κτῶμαι; future κτήσομαι (Luke 21:19 L Tr WH); 1 aorist ἐκτησάμην; (from Homer down); the Sept. for קָנָה; to acquire, get or prucure a thing for oneself (cf. Winer's Grammar, 260 (244)); (perfect κέκτημαι, to possess (cf. Winer's Grammar, 274 (257) note); not found in the N. T.): τί, Matthew 10:9; Acts 8:20; ὅσα κτῶμαι, all my income, Luke 18:12; with the genitive of price added (Winer's Grammar, 206 (194)), πολλοῦ, Acts 22:28; with ἐκ and the genitive of price (see ἐκ, II. 4), Acts 1:18; τό ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος ἐν ἁγιασμῷ καί τιμή, to procure for himself his own vessel (i. e. for the satisfaction of the sexual passion; see σκεῦος, 1) in sanctification and honor, i. e. to marry a wife (opposed to the use of a harlot; the words ἐν ἁγιασμῷ καί τιμή are added to express completely the idea of marrying in contrast with the baseness of procuring a harlot as his 'vessel'; cf. κτᾶσθαι γυναῖκα, of marrying a wife, Ruth 4:10; Sir. 36:29 (Sir. 33:26); Xenophon, symp. 2, 10), 1 Thessalonians 4:4; τάς ψυχάς ὑμῶν, the true life of your souls, your true lives, i. e. eternal life (cf. the opposite ζημιουσθαι τήν ψυχήν αὐτοῦ under ζημιόω), Luke 21:19; cf. Meyer at the passage and Winer's Grammar, p. 274 (257).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
obtain, possess, purchase.

A primary verb; to get, i.e. Acquire (by any means; own) -- obtain, possess, provide, purchase.

Forms and Transliterations
εκτησαμην εκτησάμην ἐκτησάμην εκτήσαντο εκτησατο εκτήσατο εκτήσατό ἐκτήσατο εκτήσω κέκτημαι κεκτήμεθα κεκτημένοις κεκτημένον κεκτημένω κεκτημένων κέκτηται κτασθαι κτάσθαι κτᾶσθαι κτάσθε κτάται κτείνε κτεινομένους κτεινομένων κτηθήσονται κτήσαι κτησάμενοι κτησάμενον κτησαμένω κτήσασθαι κτήσασθαί κτήσασθε κτησεσθε κτήσεσθε κτήσεται κτήση κτησησθε κτήσησθε κτήσηται κτήσομαι κτήσονται κτωμαι κτώμαι κτῶμαι κτώμενος κτωμένου ektesamen ektesámen ektēsamēn ektēsámēn ektesato ektēsato ektḗsato ktasthai ktâsthai ktesasthe ktēsasthe ktḗsasthe ktesesthe ktēsēsthe ktḗsesthe ktḗsēsthe ktomai ktômai ktōmai ktō̂mai
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 10:9 V-ASM-2P
GRK: Μὴ κτήσησθε χρυσὸν μηδὲ
NAS: Do not acquire gold, or
KJV: Provide neither gold,
INT: neither take along gold nor

Luke 18:12 V-PIM/P-1S
GRK: πάντα ὅσα κτῶμαι
NAS: I pay tithes of all that I get.'
KJV: of all that I possess.
INT: all things as many as I gain

Luke 21:19 V-FIM-2P
GRK: ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν κτήσασθε τὰς ψυχὰς
NAS: By your endurance you will gain your lives.
KJV: your patience possess ye your souls.
INT: endurance of you gain the lives

Acts 1:18 V-AIM-3S
GRK: μὲν οὖν ἐκτήσατο χωρίον ἐκ
NAS: this man acquired a field
KJV: Now this man purchased a field with
INT: indeed then got a field out of

Acts 8:20 V-PNM/P
GRK: διὰ χρημάτων κτᾶσθαι
NAS: you thought you could obtain the gift
KJV: of God may be purchased with
INT: by riches to be obtained

Acts 22:28 V-AIM-1S
GRK: πολιτείαν ταύτην ἐκτησάμην ὁ δὲ
NAS: answered, I acquired this
KJV: With a great sum obtained I this
INT: citizenship this bought but

1 Thessalonians 4:4 V-PNM/P
GRK: ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος κτᾶσθαι ἐν ἁγιασμῷ
NAS: of you know how to possess his own
KJV: should know how to possess his
INT: of himself vessel to possess in holiness

Strong's Greek 2932
7 Occurrences


ἐκτησάμην — 1 Occ.
ἐκτήσατο — 1 Occ.
κτᾶσθαι — 2 Occ.
κτήσασθε — 1 Occ.
κτήσησθε — 1 Occ.
κτῶμαι — 1 Occ.









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