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Lexicon :: Strong's G2770 - kerdainō

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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 Box Mat 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26 - “For what will it profit a man if he gains G2770 the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:15 -

“Now if your brother sins[fn], go and [fn]show him his fault, between you and him alone; if he listens to you, you have won G2770 your brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:16 - “Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained G2770 five more talents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:17 - “In the same manner the one who had received the two talents gained G2770 two more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:20 - “And the one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you handed five talents over to me. See, I have gained G2770 five more talents.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:22 -

“Also the one who had received the two talents came up and said, ‘Master, you handed two talents over to me. See, I have gained G2770 two more talents.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:36 - “For what does it profit a man to gain G2770 the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:25 - “For what is a man profited if he gains G2770 the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:21 -

And [fn]when they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, “Men, you ought to have [fn]followed my advice to not set sail from Crete and to [fn]avoid G2770 this damage and loss.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 -

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win G2770 more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:20 - And to the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win G2770 Jews. To those who are under [fn]the Law, as under [fn]the Law though not being myself under [fn]the Law, so that I might win G2770 those who are under [fn]the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:21 - To those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win G2770 those who are without law.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:22 - To the weak I became weak, that I might win G2770 the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:8 - More than that, I count all things to be loss because of the surpassing value of [fn]knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, [fn]for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain G2770 Christ

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:13 -

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make G2770 a G2770 profit G2770.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:1 -

In the same way, you wives, be subject to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won G2770 without a word by the conduct of their wives,

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