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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 16 times in 15 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26 - فَمَاذَا يَنْتَفِعُ الإِنْسَانُ لَوْ رَبِحَ الْعَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وَخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ؟ أَوْ مَاذَا يُقَدِّمُ الإِنْسَانُ فِدَاءً عَنْ نَفْسِهِ؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:15 - إِنْ أَخْطَأَ إِلَيْكَ أَخُوكَ، فَاذْهَبْ إِلَيْهِ وَعَاتِبْهُ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَلَى انْفِرَادٍ. فَإِذَا سَمِعَ لَكَ، تَكُونُ قَدْ رَبِحْتَ أَخَاكَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:17 - وَعَمِلَ مِثْلَهُ الَّذِي أَخَذَ الوَزْنَتَيْنِ، فَرَبِحَ وَزْنَتَيْنِ أُخْرَيَيْنِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:20 - فَجَاءَهُ الَّذِي أَخَذَ الْوَزْنَاتِ الْخَمْسَ، وَقَدَّمَ الْوَزْنَاتِ الْخَمْسَ الأُخْرَى، وَقَالَ: يَا سَيِّدُ، أَنْتَ سَلَّمْتَنِي خَمْسَ وَزْنَاتٍ، فَهَذِهِ خَمْسُ وَزْنَاتٍ غَيْرُهَا رَبِحْتُهَا!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:22 - ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ أَيْضاً الَّذِي أَخَذَ الْوَزْنَتَيْنِ وَقَالَ: يَا سَيِّدُ أَنْتَ سَلَّمْتَنِي وَزْنَتَيْنِ، فَهَاتَانِ وَزْنَتَانِ غَيْرُهُمَا رَبِحْتُهُمَا!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:36 - فَمَاذَا يَنْتَفِعُ الإِنْسَانُ لَوْ رَبِحَ الْعَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وَخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:25 - فَمَاذَا يَنْتَفِعُ الإِنْسَانُ لَوْ رَبِحَ الْعَالَمَ كُلَّهُ وَخَسِرَ نَفْسَهُ أَوْ أَهْلَكَهَا؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:21 - وَكَانَ الْمُسَافِرُونَ قَدِ امْتَنَعُوا مُدَّةً طَوِيلَةً عَنْ تَنَاوُلِ الطَّعَامِ، فَتَقَدَّمَ بُولُسُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الرِّجَالُ، كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَسْمَعُوا كَلامِي وَلا تُقْلِعُوا مِنْ كَرِيتَ، فَتَسْلَمُوا مِنْ هَذَا الْخَطَرِ وَالْخَسَارَةِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:19 - فَمَعَ أَنِّي حُرٌّ مِنَ الْجَمِيعِ، جَعَلْتُ نَفْسِي عَبْداً لِلْجَمِيعِ، لأَكْسَبَ أَكْبَرَ عَدَدٍ مُمْكِنٍ مِنْهُمْ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:20 - فَصِرْتُ لِلْيَهُودِ كَأَنِّي يَهُودِيٌّ، حَتَّى أَكْسِبَ الْيَهُودَ؛ وَلِلْخَاضِعِينَ لِلشَّرِيعَةِ كَأَنِّي خَاضِعٌ لَهَا مَعَ أَنِّي لَسْتُ خَاضِعاً لَهَا حَتَّى أَكْسِبَ الْخَاضِعِينَ لَهَا؛

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:21 - وَلِلَّذِينَ بِلا شَرِيعَةٍ كَأَنِّي بِلا شَرِيعَةٍ مَعَ أَنِّي لَسْتُ بِلا شَرِيعَةٍ عِنْدَ اللهِ بَلْ أَنَا خَاضِعٌ لشَرِيعَةٍ مِنْ نَحْوِ الْمَسِيحِ حَتَّى أَكْسِبَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ بِلا شَرِيعَةٍ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:22 - وَصِرْتُ لِلضُّعَفَاءِ ضَعِيفاً، حَتَّى أَكْسِبَ الضُّعَفَاءَ. صِرْتُ لِلْجَمِيعِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، لأُنْقِذَ بَعْضاً مِنْهُمْ بِكُلِّ وَسِيلَةٍ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:8 - بَلْ إِنِّي أَعْتَبِرُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَسَارَةً، مِنْ أَجْلِ امْتِيَازِ مَعْرِفَةِ الْمَسِيحِ يَسُوعَ رَبِّي؛ فَمِنْ أَجْلِهِ تَحَمَّلْتُ خَسَارَةَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَأَعْتَبِرُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ نُفَايَةً، لِكَيْ أَرْبَحَ الْمَسِيحَ

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:13 - وَأَنْتُمْ، يَا مَنْ تُخَطِّطُونَ قَائِلِينَ: «الْيَوْمَ أَوْ غَداً، نَذْهَبُ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ كَذَا، وَنَقْضِي هُنَاكَ سَنَةً، فَنُتَاجِرُ وَنَرْبَحُ».

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:1 - كَذَلِكَ، أَيَّتُهَا الزَّوْجَاتُ، اخْضَعْنَ لأَزْوَاجِكُنَّ. حَتَّى وَإِنْ كَانَ الزَّوْجُ غَيْرَ مُؤْمِنٍ بِالْكَلِمَةِ، تَجْذِبُهُ زَوْجَتُهُ إِلَى الإِيمَانِ، بِتَصَرُّفِهَا اللّائِقِ دُونَ كَلامٍ،
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