Strong's Concordance peripoieó: to preserve, get possession of Original Word: περιποιέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: peripoieó Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ahee) Definition: to preserve, get possession of Usage: 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 poieó Definition to preserve, get possession of NASB Translation keep (1), obtain (1), purchased (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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). Middle voice from peri and poieo; to make around oneself, i.e. Acquire (buy) -- purchase. see GREEK peri see GREEK poieo Englishman's Concordance Luke 17:33 V-ANMGRK: ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ περιποιήσασθαι ἀπολέσει αὐτήν NAS: seeks to keep his life INT: life of him to save will lose it Acts 20:28 V-AIM-3S 1 Timothy 3:13 V-PIM-3P Strong's Greek 4046 |