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 is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?Matthew 18:15 · ἐκέρδησαςMoreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.Matthew 25:16 · ἐκέρδησενThen he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made [them] other five talents.Matthew 25:17 · ἐκέρδησενAnd likewise he that [had received] two, he also gained other two.Matthew 25:20 · ἐκέρδησαAnd so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.Matthew 25:22 · ἐκέρδησαHe also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.Mark 8:36 · κερδῆσαιFor what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?Luke 9:25 · κερδήσαςFor what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?Acts 27:21 · κερδῆσαίBut after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.1 Corinthians 9:19 · κερδήσω·For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.1 Corinthians 9:20 · κερδήσω· · κερδήσω·And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as 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, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.1 Corinthians 9:22 · κερδήσω·To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.Philippians 3:8 · κερδήσω,Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ,James 4:13 · κερδήσομεν·Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:1 Peter 3:1 · κερδηθήσονται,Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;