G4046

περιποιέω

peripoieōG:V

to gain

περι-ποιέω, -ῶ [in LXX for pi., hi., etc. ;] to make to remain over, preserve. Mid. __(a) to keep or save for oneself: τ. ψυχήν (cf. Xen., Cyr., iv, 4, 10; Arist., Pol., v, 11, 30), Luk.17:33; __(b) to get or gain for oneself, get possession of (Thuc., Xen., al.) : Act.20:28, 1Ti.3:13.† (AS)

The KJV translates G4046 in the following manner:

purchase (2x), purchased (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

περιποιέομαι — peripoiéomai

περιποιέω, περιποιῶ: middle, present περιποιοῦμαι; 1 aorist περιεποιησάμην; (see περί, III. 2); from Herodotus down; "to make to remain over; to reserve, to leave or keep safe, lay by; middle to make to remain for oneself," i. e.:

1. to preserve for oneself (the Sept. for הֶחֱיָה): τήν ψυχήν, life, Luk 17:33 T Tr WH (τάς ψυχάς, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 4, 10).

2. to get for oneself, purchase: τί, Act 20:28 (Isa 43:21; δύναμιν, Thucydides 1, 9; Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 3); τί ἐμαυτῷ, gain for myself (Winer's Grammar, § 38, 6), 1Ti 3:13 (1Ma 6:44; Xenophon, an. 5, 8, 17).

3 occurrences

Luke (1), Acts (1), I Timothy (1)