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Lexicon :: Strong's G2932 - ktaomai

Aa
κτάομαι
Transliteration
ktaomai (Key)
Pronunciation
ktah'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb
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Strong’s Definitions

κτάομαι ktáomai, ktah'-om-ahee; a primary verb; to get, i.e. acquire (by any means; own):—obtain, possess, provide, purchase.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G2932 in the following manner: possess (3x), purchase (2x), provide (1x), obtain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G2932 in the following manner: possess (3x), purchase (2x), provide (1x), obtain (1x).

  1. to acquire, get, or procure a thing for one's self, to possess

    1. to marry a wife

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κτάομαι ktáomai, ktah'-om-ahee; a primary verb; to get, i.e. acquire (by any means; own):—obtain, possess, provide, purchase.
STRONGS G2932:
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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ruth
4:10
Matthew
10:9
Luke
18:12; 21:19; 21:19
Acts
1:18; 8:20; 22:28
1 Thessalonians
4:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2932 matches the Greek κτάομαι (ktaomai),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:9 - “Do not acquire G2932 gold G5557, or G3366 silver G696, or G3366 copper G5475 for your money G2223 belts G2223,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:12 - ‘I fast G3522 twice G1364 a week G4521; I pay G586 tithes G586 of all G3956 that I get G2932.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:19 - “By your endurance G5281 you will gain G2932 your [fn]lives G5590.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:18 - (Now G3767 this G3778 man G3778 acquired G2932 a field G5564 with the price G3408 of his wickedness G93, and falling G1096 headlong G4248, he burst G2979 open G2979 in the middle G3319 and all G3956 his intestines G4698 gushed G1632 out G1632.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:20 - But Peter G4074 said G3004 to him, “May your silver G694 perish G684 with you, because G3754 you thought G3543 you could acquire G2932 the gift G1431 of God G2316 with money G5536!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:28 - The commander G5506 answered G611, “I acquired G2932 this G3778 citizenship G4174 for a large G4183 sum G2774 of G2774 money G2774.” And Paul G3972 said G5346, “But I was actually G2532 born G1080 a citizen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:4 - that each G1538 of you know G6063 how G6063 to [fn]possess G2932 his own G1438 [fn]vessel G4632 in sanctification G38 and honor G5092,
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