κερδαίνω [in Sm.: Job.22:3 * ;] to gain: with accusative, Mat.25:16-17, 20 25:22; τ. κόσμον, Mat.16:26, Mrk.8:36, Luk.9:25; absol., to make profit, get gain: Jas.4:13. Metaphorical, with accusative of thing(s), to save oneself from, avoid: Act.27:21 (Field, Notes, 145); with accusative of person(s), to gain, win: Mat.18:15, 1Co.9:19-22, Php.3:8; pass., 1Pe.3:1.† (AS)
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G2770 — κερδαίνω
kerdainō · to gain · Greek
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Matthew 16:26 · κερδήσῃ,For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?Matthew 18:15 · ἐκέρδησαςAnd if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.Matthew 25:16 · ἐκέρδησενStraightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.Matthew 25:17 · ἐκέρδησενIn like manner he also that received the two gained other two.Matthew 25:20 · ἐκέρδησαAnd he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other five talents.Matthew 25:22 · ἐκέρδησαAnd he also that received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: lo, I have gained other two talents.Mark 8:36 · κερδῆσαιFor what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?Luke 9:25 · κερδήσαςFor what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?Acts 27:21 · κερδῆσαίAnd when they had been long without food, then Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.1 Corinthians 9:19 · κερδήσω·For though I was free from all men, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.1 Corinthians 9:20 · κερδήσω· · κερδήσω·And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, not being myself under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;1 Corinthians 9:21 · κερδάνωto them that are without law, as without law, not being without law to God, but under law to Christ, that I might gain them that are without law.1 Corinthians 9:22 · κερδήσω·To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.Philippians 3:8 · κερδήσω,Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,James 4:13 · κερδήσομεν·Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:1 Peter 3:1 · κερδηθήσονται,In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be gained by the behavior of their wives;