Strong's Concordance peripoieó: to preserve, get possession of Original Word: περιποιέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: peripoieó Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I acquire, purchase Definition: I acquire, earn, purchase, make my own, preserve alive. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 4046 peripoiéomai – properly, fully acquire (literally, "make all-around, comprehensively"); make one's own; reserve for oneself, with deep personal interest (caring). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4046: περιποιέωπεριποιέω, περιποιῶ: middle, present περιποιοῦμαι; 1 aorist περιεποιησάμην; (see περί, III. 2); from Herodotus down; "to make to remain over; to reserve, to leave or keep safe, lay by; middle to make to remain for oneself," i. e.: 1. to preserve for oneself (the Sept. for הֶחֱיָה): τήν ψυχήν, life, Luke 17:33 T Tr WH (τάς ψυχάς, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 4, 10). 2. to get for oneself, purchase: τί, Acts 20:28 (Isaiah 43:21; δύναμιν, Thucydides 1, 9; Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 3); τί ἐμαυτῷ, gain for myself (Winer's Grammar, § 38, 6), 1 Timothy 3:13 (1 Macc. 6:44; Xenophon, an. 5, 8, 17). Middle voice from peri and poieo; to make around oneself, i.e. Acquire (buy) -- purchase. see GREEK peri see GREEK poieo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 40463 Occurrences περιεποιήσατο — 1 Occ. περιποιήσασθαι — 1 Occ. περιποιοῦνται — 1 Occ. Luke 17:33 V-ANM GRK: ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ περιποιήσασθαι ἀπολέσει αὐτήν NAS: seeks to keep his life INT: life of him to save will lose it Acts 20:28 V-AIM-3S 1 Timothy 3:13 V-PIM-3P |