Biblical Greek

greek #4046 - περιποιέω peripoieó (to preserve)

Original Word:	περιποιέω
Transliteration:	peripoieó
Definition:	to preserve, get possession of
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ahee)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

acquire, purchase.

Middle voice from peri and poieo; to make around oneself, i.e. Acquire (buy) -- purchase.

see GREEK peri

see GREEK poieo

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 4046: περιποιέω

περιποιέω, 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): τήνψυχήν, life, Luke 17:33 T Tr WH (τάςψυχάς, 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); τίἐμαυτῷ, gain for myself (Winer's Grammar, § 38, 6), 1 Timothy 3:13 (1 Macc. 6:44; Xenophon, an. 5, 8, 17).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 4046. περιποιέομαι (peripoieó) — 3 Occurrences

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
GRK:θεοῦ ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ
NAS: which He purchased with His own
KJV: which he hath purchased with
INT: of God which he purchased with

1 Timothy 3:13 - V-PIM-3P
GRK:ἑαυτοῖς καλὸν περιποιοῦνται καὶ πολλὴν
NAS: as deacons obtain for themselves
KJV: well purchase to themselves
INT: for themselves good acquire and much

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