Lexical Summary peripoieō: to preserve, get possession of Original Word: περιποιέωTransliteration: peripoieō Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to preserve, get possession of Meaning: to preserve, get possession of Strong's Concordance acquire, purchase. Middle voice from peri and poieo; to make around oneself, i.e. Acquire (buy) -- purchase. see GREEK peri see GREEK poieo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4046: περιποιέωπεριποιέω, 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, Luke 17:33 T Tr WH (τάς ψυχάς, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 4, 10). 2. to get for oneself, purchase: τί, Acts 20:28 (Isaiah 43:21; δύναμιν, Thucydides 1, 9; Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 3); τί ἐμαυτῷ, gain for myself (Winer's Grammar, § 38, 6), 1 Timothy 3:13 (1 Macc. 6:44; Xenophon, an. 5, 8, 17). |