What does Χριστός · κερδαίνω mean in the Bible?
Χριστός · κερδαίνω is a Greek phrase meaning "to gain Christ".
Greek · G5547, G2770
Χριστὸν κερδήσω
Anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus · to gain (literally or figuratively)
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Χριστός G5547 anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
Pronunciation Christós
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κερδαίνω G2770 to gain (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation kerdaínō
Gain material profit, but metaphorically win souls or save oneself from harm through spiritual values.
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What does Χριστὸν κερδήσω (Christon kerdēsō) mean in the Bible?
Χριστός · κερδαίνω is a Greek phrase meaning "to gain Christ".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5547, G2770?
G5547, G2770 is connected to 528 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. to gain Christ
Source Gloss
to gain Christ
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 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 5 Aligned forms 528 Case pattern Genitive (248) Number pattern Singular (528)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:16 · Matt 2:4 · Matt 16:16 · Matt 16:20 · Matt 23:10 · Matt 24:5 · Matt 24:23 · Matt 26:63 · Mark 8:29 · Mark 12:35 · Mark 13:21 · Mark 14:61 · Mark 15:32 · Luke 2:11 · Luke 3:15 · Luke 22:67 111×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:1 · Matt 1:17 · Matt 1:18 · Matt 11:2 · Matt 22:42 · Mark 1:1 · Mark 9:41 · John 1:17 · Acts 2:31 · Acts 2:38 · Acts 3:6 · Acts 4:10 · Acts 4:26 · Acts 8:12 · Acts 10:36 · Acts 10:48 248×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Rom 3:24 · Rom 6:8 · Rom 6:11 · Rom 6:23 · Rom 8:1 · Rom 8:2 · Rom 8:39 · Rom 9:1 · Rom 12:5 · Rom 14:18 · Rom 15:17 · Rom 16:3 · Rom 16:7 · Rom 16:9 · Rom 16:10 · Rom 16:18 103×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:17 · Matt 27:22 · Luke 2:26 · Luke 4:41 · Luke 9:20 · Luke 20:41 · Luke 23:2 · Luke 24:26 · Luke 24:46 · John 9:22 · John 17:3 · Acts 2:36 · Acts 3:18 · Acts 3:20 · Acts 5:42 · Acts 8:5 65×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 26:68 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 17 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 15 future 2
Voice
active 16 passive 1
Mood
subjunctive 7 indicative 7 infinitive 2 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 16:26 κερδήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 18:15 ἐκέρδησας aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:16 ἐκέρδησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:17 ἐκέρδησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:20 ἐκέρδησα aorist active indicative completed Matthew 25:22 ἐκέρδησα aorist active indicative completed Mark 8:36 κερδῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Luke 9:25 κερδήσας aorist active participle participle Acts 27:21 κερδῆσαί aorist active infinitive infinitive 1 Corinthians 9:19 κερδήσω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive 1 Corinthians 9:20 κερδήσω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive 1 Corinthians 9:20 κερδήσω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive 1 Corinthians 9:21 κερδάνω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive 1 Corinthians 9:22 κερδήσω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Philippians 3:8 κερδήσω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive James 4:13 κερδήσομεν future active indicative prospective 1 Peter 3:1 κερδηθήσονται future passive indicative prospective
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)
Word Origins
Χριστὸν κερδήσω is built from this root:
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