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GreekG4047Noun (Feminine)

περιποίησις

peripoiēsis

5Occurrences
G4047Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

acquisition (the act or the thing); by extension, preservation

from G4046 (περιποιέομαι);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.preservation
2.acquisition, obtaining
3.a possession
LXX: (12) (מִחְיָה) (סְגֻלָּה), (9) *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

περιποίησις appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Peter
1
1 Thessalonians
1
2 Thessalonians
1
Ephesians
1
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 2:9BSB

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

1 Thessalonians 5:9BSB

For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:14BSB

To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:14BSB

who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.

Hebrews 10:39BSB

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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