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Lexicon :: Strong's G2770 - kerdainō

Aa
κερδαίνω
Transliteration
kerdainō (Key)
Pronunciation
ker-dah'-ee-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:672,428

Strong’s Definitions

κερδαίνω kerdaínō, ker-dah'-ee-no; from G2771; to gain (literally or figuratively):—(get) gain, win.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's G2770 in the following manner: gain (13x), win (1x), won (1x), get gain (1x), variations of 'gain' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's G2770 in the following manner: gain (13x), win (1x), won (1x), get gain (1x), variations of 'gain' (1x).

  1. to gain, acquire, to get gain

  2. metaph.

    1. of gain arising from shunning or escaping from evil (where we say "to spare one's self", "be spared")

    2. to gain any one i.e. to win him over to the kingdom of God, to gain one to faith in Christ

    3. to gain Christ's favour and fellowship

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κερδαίνω kerdaínō, ker-dah'-ee-no; from G2771; to gain (literally or figuratively):—(get) gain, win.
STRONGS G2770:
κερδαίνω: (future κερδήσω, James 4:13 Rec.bez elz L T Tr WH; see also below); 1 aorist ἐκέρδησα (an Ionic form from κερδάω, which later writers use for the earlier ἐκερδανα, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 740; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Sprchl. ii., p. 215; Winers Grammar, 87 (83); (Veitch, under the word)), once 1 aorist subjunctive κερδάνω (1 Corinthians 9:21 L T Tr (but WH (cf. also Griesbach note) read the future κερδάνω, cf. Buttmann, 60 (53); § 139, 38)); 1 future passive κερδηθήσομαι (the subjunctive κερδηθήσωνται, 1 Peter 3:1 R G is a clerical error (cf. references under the word καίω, at the beginning), for which L T Tr WH have restored κερδηθήσονται (cf. Buttmann, § 139, 38)); (from Hesiod down); (from κέρδος); to gain, acquire; (Vulg. passim lucrifacio (also lucro, etc.));
a. properly: τόν κόσμον, Matthew 16:26; Mark 8:36; Luke 9:25; money, Matthew 25:16 (L T WH),17,20,22; absolutely, to get gain, James 4:13.
b. metaphorically,
α. with nouns signifying loss, damage, injury, it is used of the gain arising from shunning or escaping from the evil (where we say to spare oneself, be spared): τήν ὕβριν ταύτην καί ζημίαν, Acts 27:21; τό γέ μιανθῆναι τάς χεῖρας κερδαίνειν, to avoid the crime of fratricide, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 3, 2; ζημίαν, to escape a loss, Euripides, Cycl. 312; other examples in Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 139f
β. τινα, to gain anyone i. e. to win him over to the kingdom of God, which none but the placable enter, Matthew 18:15; to gain one to faith in Christ, 1 Peter 3:1; 1 Corinthians 9:19-22; Χριστόν, to gain Christ's favor and fellowship, Philippians 3:8. Not found in the O. T.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
16:26; 18:15; 25:16
Mark
8:36
Luke
9:25
Acts
27:21
1 Corinthians
9:19; 9:20; 9:21; 9:21; 9:22
Philippians
3:8
James
4:13; 4:13
1 Peter
3:1; 3:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2770 matches the Greek κερδαίνω (kerdainō),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26 - “For what G5101 good G5623 will it do G5623 a person G444 if G1437 he gains G2770 the whole G3650 world G2889, but [fn]forfeits G2210 his soul G5590? Or G2228 what G5101 will a person G444 give G1325 in exchange G465 for his soul G5590?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:15 -

“Now G1161 if G1437 your brother G80 sins G264[fn], go G5217 and [fn]show G1651 him his fault G1651 [fn]in private G3441; if G1437 he listens G191 to you, you have gained G2770 your brother G80.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:16 - “The one who had received G2983 the five G4002 talents G5007 immediately G2112 went G4198 and did G2038 business G2038 with them, and earned G2770 five G4002 more G243 talents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:17 - “In the same G5615 way G5615 the one who had received the two G1417 talents earned G2770 two G1417 more G243.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:20 - “The one who had received G2983 the five G4002 talents G5007 came G4334 up G4334 and brought G4374 five G4002 more G243 talents G5007, saying G3004, ‘Master G2962, you entrusted G3860 five G4002 talents G5007 to me. See G2396, I have earned G2770 five G4002 more G243 talents G5007.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:22

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“Also G2532 the one G3588 who G3588 had received the two G1417 talents G5007 came G4334 up G4334 and said G3004, ‘Master G2962, you entrusted G3860 two G1417 talents G5007 to me. See G2396, I have earned G2770 two G1417 more G243 talents G5007.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:36 - “For what G5101 does it benefit G5623 a person G444 to gain G2770 the whole G3650 world G2889, and forfeit G2210 his soul G5590?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:25 - “For what G5101 good G5623 does it do G5623 a person G444 if he gains G2770 the whole G3650 world G2889, but loses G622 or G2228 forfeits G2210 himself G1438?

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[fn]When many G4183 had lost G5225 G776 their appetites G776, Paul G3972 then G5119 stood G2476 among G3319 them and said G3004, “[fn]Men G435, you should G1163 have followed G3980 my advice G3980 and not have set G321 sail G321 from Crete G2914, and thereby spared G2770 yourselves this G3778 damage G5196 and loss G2209.

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For though I am G1510 free G1658 from all G3956 people G3956, I have made G1402 myself G1683 a slave G1402 to all G3956, so G2443 that G2443 I may gain G2770 more G4183.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:20 - To the Jews G2453 I became G1096 as a Jew G2453, so G2443 that G2443 I might gain G2770 Jews G2453; to those G3588 who G3588 are under G5259 the Law G3551, I became as one under G5259 the Law G3551, though not being G1510 under G5259 the Law G3551 myself G846, so G2443 that G2443 I might gain G2770 those G3588 who G3588 are under G5259 the Law G3551;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:21 - to those G3588 who are without G459 the G459 Law G459, I became as one without G459 the G459 Law G459, though not being G1510 without G459 the G459 law G459 of God G2316 but under G1772 the law G1772 of Christ G5547, so G2443 that G2443 I might gain G2770 those G3588 who are without G459 the G459 Law G459.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:22 - To the weak G772 I became G1096 weak G772, that I might gain G2770 the weak G772; I have become G1096 all G3956 things G3956 to all G3956 people G3956, so G2443 that G2443 I may by all G3843 means G3843 save G4982 some G5100.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:8 - More G3304 than G3304 that, I count G2233 all G3956 things G3956 to be loss G2209 [fn]in G1223 view G1223 of G1223 the surpassing G5242 value G5242 of [fn]knowing G1108 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 my Lord G2962, [fn]for whom G3739 I have suffered G2210 the loss G2210 of all G3956 things G3956, and count G2233 them mere rubbish G4657, so G2443 that G2443 I may gain G2770 Christ G5547,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:13

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Come G33 now G3568, you who say G3004, “Today G4594 or G2228 tomorrow G839 we will go G4198 to such G3592 and such G3592 a city G4172, and spend G4160 a year G1763 there G1563 and engage G1710 in G1710 business G1710 and make G2770 a G2770 profit G2770.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:1

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In the same G3668 way G3668, you wives G1135, be G5293 subject G5293 to your own G2398 husbands G435 so G2443 that G2443 even G2532 if G1487 any G5100 of them are disobedient G544 to the word G3056, they may be won G2770 over G2770 without G427 a word G3056 by the behavior G391 of their wives G1135,

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