What does περιποιέομαι (peripoiéomai) mean in the Bible?
περιποιέομαι (peripoiéomai): To preserve or gain something by deliberate action, emphasizing possession acquired for oneself.
Greek · G4046
περιποιέομαι
To gain
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περιποιέομαι G4046
Pronunciation peripoiéomai
What does περιποιέομαι (peripoiéomai) mean in the Bible?
περιποιέομαι (peripoiéomai): To preserve or gain something by deliberate action, emphasizing possession acquired for oneself.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4046?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include acquire (1), He purchased (1), to save (1).
Where does περιποιέομαι (peripoiéomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 17:33. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), Acts (1), Luke (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 acquire 1× 1 Timothy 3:13
He purchased 1× Acts 20:28
to save 1× Luke 17:33
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 17:33
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Luke 1 Acts 1 1 Timothy 1
Source forms
περιεποιήσατο 1x periepoiēsato Acts 20:28
περιποιήσασθαι 1x peripoiēsasthai Luke 17:33
περιποιοῦνται 1x peripoiountai 1 Timothy 3:13
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 20:28
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle 1x Luke 17:33
Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural 1x 1 Timothy 3:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To preserve or gain something by deliberate action, emphasizing possession acquired for oneself.
Strong's G4046
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 17:33 Source Gloss
to gain
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To preserve or gain something by deliberate action, emphasizing possession acquired for oneself.
to make to remain over, preserve. Mid.
ato keep or save for oneself: τ. ψυχήν (cf. Xen., Cyr., iv, 4, 10; Arist., Pol., v, 11, 30), Luk.17:33;
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 20:28 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Indicative
περιεποιήσατο periepoihsato
I acquire, purchase
Read verse 1 Timothy 3:13 Verb Third Person Plural Present Middle Indicative
περιποιοῦνται, peripoiountai
I acquire, purchase
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 3 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Middle
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Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Middle Luke 17:33 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Aorist Middle Acts 20:28 1×
Present Middle 1 Tim 3:13 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2 present 1
Voice
middle 3
Mood
indicative 2 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
to preserve or keep one's life for oneself, reflexive sense
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
περιποιέομαι is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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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