Original Word: πορισμός, οῦ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: porismos
Phonetic Spelling: (por-is-mos')
Definition: a providing, a means of gain
Usage: a source of gain, livelihood.

4200 porismós (from poros, "a way, means") – properly, a specific way (route) that brings gain or profit. 4200 (porismós) is only used in 1 Tim 6:5,6.

Word Origin
from porizó (to procure)
Definition
a providing, a means of gain
NASB Translation
means of gain (2).

STRONGS NT 4200: πορισμός

πορισμός, πορισμοῦ, ὁ (πορίζω to cause a thing to get on well, to carry forward, to convey, to acquire; middle to bring about or procure for oneself, to gain; from πόρος (cf. πορεύω));

a. acquisition, gain (Wis. 13:19 Wis. 14:2; Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch).

b. a source of gain: 1 Timothy 6:5f (Plutarch Cat. Maj. 25; (Test xii. Patr., test. Isa. § 4)).

gain.

From a derivative of poros (a way, i.e. Means); furnishing (procuring), i.e. (by implication) money-getting (acquisition) -- gain.

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