κτάομαι, 
κτῶμαι; future 
κτήσομαι (
Luke 21:19 L Tr WH); 1 aorist 
ἐκτησάμην; (from 
Homer down); the 
Sept. for 
קָנָה; 
to acquire, get or 
procure 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). 
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