Word

κερδαίνω

kerdaínō · G2770 · Greek · 17 occurrences

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Meanings

to earn, to gain, to make a profit

To gain by means of one’s activity or investment

Examples
Matthew 16:26 “For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew 18:15 “Now if your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
Matthew 25:16 “The one who had received the five talents immediately went and did business with them, and earned five more talents.
to avoid, to cause not to occur

To cause a loss not to happen

Examples
Acts 27:21 When many had lost their appetites, Paul then stood among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice and not have set sail from Crete, and thereby spared yourselves this damage and loss.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

17 occurrences in 8 groups

Not stated: I 8
Not stated: he, she or it 2
Not stated (infinitive) 2
δύοtwo 1
Not stated: we 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

15 occurrences in 13 groups

κόσμοςworld 3
Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 2 groups

διάthrough+ ἀναστροφήconduct, way of life 1
ἄνευwithout+ λόγοςword, saying, message 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ὡσαύτωςlikewise, in the same way 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

δεῖmust, to be necessary 1
ὠφελέωto profit, to help 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἡγέομαιto consider, to lead 1
λέγωto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

To avoid, to cause not to occur13.137: κερδαίνω can describe averting a loss or preventing harm from occurring. Acts 27:21 has Paul telling the storm-tossed sailors they should have followed his advice “and not have set sail from Crete, and thereby spared yourselves this damage and loss,” the very loss he warns they failed to avert.
To earn, to gain, to make a profit57.189: Most commonly the verb describes gaining or profiting from something. Matthew 16:26 asks, “what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul?” — weighing worldly gain against the far greater loss of one’s soul.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κέρδος kérdos · G2771 · gain, profit · 3×κερδαίνωkerdaínō · G2770

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (future κερδήσω, Jas 4:13 Rec.bez elz L T Tr WH; see also below); 1 aorist ἐκέρδησα (an…

: (future κερδήσω, Jas 4:13 Rec.bez elz L T Tr WH; see also below); 1 aorist ἐκέρδησα (an Ionic form from κερδάω, which later writers use for the earlier ἐκερδανα, see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 740; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Sprchl. ii., p. 215; Winers Grammar, 87 (83); (Veitch, under the word)), once 1 aorist subjunctive κερδάνω (1 Cor 9:21 L T Tr (but WH (cf. also Griesbach note) read the future κερδάνω, cf. Buttmann, 60 (53); § 139, 38)); 1 future passive κερδηθήσομαι (the subjunctive κερδηθήσωνται, 1 Pet 3:1 R G is a clerical error (cf. references under the word καίω, at the beginning), for which L T Tr WH have restored κερδηθήσονται (cf. Buttmann, § 139, 38)); (from Hesiod down); (from κέρδος); to gain, acquire; (Vulg. passimlucrifacio (alsolucro, etc.));
a. properly: τόν κόσμον, Mt 16:26; Mk 8:36; Lk 9:25; money, Mt 25:16 (L T WH),17,20,22; absolutely, to get gain, Jas 4:13.
b. metaphorically, α. with nouns signifying loss, damage, injury, it is used of the gain arising from shunning or escaping from the evil (where we say to spare oneself, be spared): τήν ὕβριν ταύτην καί ζημίαν, Acts 27:21; τό γέ μιανθῆναι τάς χεῖρας κερδαίνειν, to avoid the crime of fratricide, Josephus, Antiquities 2, 3, 2; ζημίαν, to escape a loss, Euripides, Cycl. 312; other examples in Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 139f β. τινα, to gain anyone i. e. to win him over to the kingdom of God, which none but the placable enter, Mt 18:15; to gain one to faith in Christ, 1 Pet 3:1; 1 Cor 9:19-22; Χριστόν, to gain Christ's favor and fellowship, Phm 3:8. Not found in the O. T.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Happen1 occurrence Earn, Gain, Do Business16 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0