κερδαίνω
kerdainō
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.†
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Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 16 verses
- Matthew 16:26 κερδήσῃ
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Matthew 18:15 ἐκέρδησας
If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
- Matthew 25:16 ἐκέρδησεν
The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
- Matthew 25:17 ἐκέρδησεν
Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.
- Matthew 25:20 ἐκέρδησα
The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
- Matthew 25:22 ἐκέρδησα
The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’
- Mark 8:36 κερδῆσαι
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
- Luke 9:25 κερδήσας
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
- Acts 27:21 κερδῆσαί
After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.
- 1 Corinthians 9:19 κερδήσω
Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
- 1 Corinthians 9:20 κερδήσωκερδήσω
To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
- 1 Corinthians 9:21 κερδάνω
To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
- 1 Corinthians 9:22 κερδήσω
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
- Philippians 3:8 κερδήσω
More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
- James 4:13 κερδήσομεν
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
- 1 Peter 3:1 κερδηθήσονται
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
