κερδαίνω kerdainō

Greek word for “to gain” · Strong’s G2770 · used 17 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

κερδαίνω; [in Sm.: *;];

How it is translated

Glosses given for kerdainō in context, with how often each is used:

• gained 4
• may win 4
• may gain 2
• shall gain 1
• have gained 1
• gain 1
• having gained 1
• have incurred 1
• will make a profit 1
• will be gained 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 25 (4), 1 Corinthians 9 (4), Matthew 16 (1), Matthew 18 (1), Mark 8 (1), Luke 9 (1), Acts 27 (1), Philippians 3 (1), James 4 (1), 1 Peter 3 (1)

Forms

• κερδήσω 5
• ἐκέρδησεν 2
• ἐκέρδησα 2
• κερδήσῃ 1
• ἐκέρδησας 1
• κερδῆσαι 1
• κερδήσας 1
• κερδῆσαί 1
• κερδάνω 1
• κερδήσομεν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kerdainō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ζημιόω zēmioō “to lose” 4
• τάλαντον talanton “talent” 3
• ὠφελέω ōpheleō “to help” 3
• ἄλλος allos “another” 4
• ζημία zēmia “damage/loss” 2
• ὅλος holos “all” 3
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 3
• ἴδε ide “look!” 2
• πέντε pente “five” 2
• ἤ ē “or” 3
• προσέρχομαι proserchomai “to come near/agree” 2
• ψυχή psuchē “soul” 2

Key verses

The verses using kerdainō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 16:26 — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
• Matthew 18:15 — Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
• Matthew 25:16 — Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
• Matthew 25:17 — And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
• Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
• 1 Corinthians 9:19 — For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
• 1 Corinthians 9:20 — And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the…
• 1 Corinthians 9:21 — To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
• 1 Corinthians 9:22 — To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
• Philippians 3:8 — Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things,…
• James 4:13 — Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
• 1 Peter 3:1 — Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.