Strong's Concordance kerdainó: to gain Original Word: κερδαίνωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kerdainó Phonetic Spelling: (ker-dah'-ee-no) Definition: to gain Usage: I gain, acquire, win (over), avoid loss. HELPS Word-studies 2770 kerdaínō – properly, to profit (gain), an ancient mercantile term for exchanging (trading) one good for another; (figuratively) to exchange (trade out) what is mediocre ("good") for the better, i.e. "trading up" (cf. Js 4:13). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kerdos Definition to gain NASB Translation gain (2), gained (4), gains (2), incurred (1), profit (1), win (5), won (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2770: κερδαίνωκερδαίνω: (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. passimlucrifacio (alsolucro, 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, From kerdos; to gain (literally or figuratively) -- (get) gain, win. see GREEK kerdos Englishman's Concordance Matthew 16:26 V-ASA-3SGRK: κόσμον ὅ NAS: a man if he gains the whole world KJV: if he shall gain the whole INT: world whole he gain and Matthew 18:15 V-AIA-2S Matthew 25:16 V-AIA-3S Matthew 25:17 V-AIA-3S Matthew 25:20 V-AIA-1S Matthew 25:22 V-AIA-1S Mark 8:36 V-ANA Luke 9:25 V-APA-NMS Acts 27:21 V-ANA 1 Corinthians 9:19 V-ASA-1S 1 Corinthians 9:20 V-ASA-1S 1 Corinthians 9:20 V-ASA-1S 1 Corinthians 9:21 V-ASA-1S 1 Corinthians 9:22 V-ASA-1S Philippians 3:8 V-ASA-1S James 4:13 V-FIA-1P 1 Peter 3:1 V-FIP-3P Strong's Greek 2770 |
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