What does κτῆμα (ktēma) mean in the Bible?
κτῆμα (ktēma): A concrete possession or piece of property, distinctly something owned or acquired.
Greek · G2933
κτῆμα
Possession
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κτῆμα G2933
Pronunciation ktēma
What does κτῆμα (ktēma) mean in the Bible?
κτῆμα (ktēma): A concrete possession or piece of property, distinctly something owned or acquired.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2933?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include wealth (2), a piece of property (1), possessions (1).
Where does κτῆμα (ktēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 19:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It wealth 2× Matthew 19:22, Mark 10:22
a piece of property 1× Acts 5:1
possessions 1× Acts 2:45
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 19:22
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Acts 2
Source forms
κτήματα 3x ktēmata Matthew 19:22, Mark 10:22, Acts 2:45
κτῆμα 1x ktēma Acts 5:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural 3x Matthew 19:22, Mark 10:22, Acts 2:45
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Acts 5:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A concrete possession or piece of property, distinctly something owned or acquired.
Strong's G2933
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
possession
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 19:22 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
κτήματα kthmata
a field, property
Read verse Mark 10:22 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
κτήματα kthmata
a field, property
Read verse Acts 2:45 Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
κτήματα kthmata
a field, property
Read verse Acts 5:1 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
κτῆμα, kthma
a field, property
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 19:22 · Mark 10:22 · Acts 2:45 3×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Acts 5:1 1×
Word Origins
κτῆμα is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain