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 will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?Matthew 18:15 · ἐκέρδησας“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.Matthew 25:16 · ἐκέρδησενImmediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.Matthew 25:17 · ἐκέρδησενIn the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.Matthew 25:20 · ἐκέρδησαHe who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.’Matthew 25:22 · ἐκέρδησα“He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.’Mark 8:36 · κερδῆσαιFor what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?Luke 9:25 · κερδήσαςFor what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?Acts 27:21 · κερδῆσαίWhen they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to 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, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.1 Corinthians 9:20 · κερδήσω· · κερδήσω·To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;1 Corinthians 9:21 · κερδάνωto those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God, but under law toward Christ), that I might win those who are without law.1 Corinthians 9:22 · κερδήσω·To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.Philippians 3:8 · κερδήσω,Yes most certainly, 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 count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain ChristJames 4:13 · κερδήσομεν·Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.”1 Peter 3:1 · κερδηθήσονται,In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;