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GreekG2932Verb

κτάομαι

ktaomai

7Occurrences
G2932Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to get, i.e. acquire (by any means; own)

a primary verb;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
in pres., impf., fut. and aor., to procure for oneself, get, gain, acquire (the pf. and plpf., to have acquired, hence to possess, do not occur in NT): with accusative of thing(s).; *ἐκ *with genitive pret.; τ,ψυχὰς ὑμῶν; ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος κτᾶσθαι, (where if σ. = body, κ. must = pf., *κέκτημαι; *see MM, xvi; M, Th., in l; Field, Notes, 72 f. But σ. is most frequently taken as = wife; see Thayer; Lft., Notes, 53 ff.; ICC, in l).
LXX: chiefly for קָנָה

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

κτάομαι appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
3
Luke
2
1 Thessalonians
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

1 Thessalonians 4:4BSB

each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

Acts 1:18BSB

(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.

Acts 22:28BSB

“I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander.“But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

Acts 8:20BSB

But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

Luke 18:12BSB

I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.