Word

περιποίησις

peripoíēsis · G4047 · Greek · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

experience, to experience

The experience of an event or state which has been acquired

Examples
1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 2:14 It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
possessions, property

(Derivative of περιποιέομαι ‘to acquire,’) That which is acquired, presumably with considerable effort

Examples
Ephesians 1:14 who is a first installment of our inheritance, in regard to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 2:14 It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

How it’s used In 3 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 3 groups

δόξαglory 1
σωτηρίαsalvation 1
ψυχήlife, soul 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 1 groups

εἰςto 5

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀπολύτρωσιςredemption, deliverance 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

Possessions, property57.62: περιποίησις names something acquired or held as one's own property. Peter describes believers this way: “But you are A CHOSEN PEOPLE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR GOD'S OWN POSSESSION” (1 Peter 2:9).
Experience, to experience90.74: The same noun can also name the experience or attainment of an outcome, especially salvation. Paul writes that God “has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:9, where περιποίησις is rendered “obtaining”).

Word family 8 words

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

ποιέω poiéō · G4160 · to do, to perform, to practice · 566×ποιητής poiētḗs · G4163 · doer, poet, writer · 6×περιποίησιςperipoíēsis · G4047περιποιέομαι peripoiéomai · G4046 · to acquire, to achieve, to win · 3×ποίημα poíēma · G4161 · product, what is made · 2×εὐποιΐα eupoiḯa · G2140 · good deed · 1×ποίησις poíēsis · G4162 · doing, performance · 1×προσποιέομαι prospoiéomai · G4364 · to pretend, to give the impression that, to act as though · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon περιποιήσεως, ἡ (περιποιέω); 1. a preserving, preservation: εἰς περιποίησιν ψυχῆς, to the…

περιποιήσεως, ἡ (περιποιέω);
1. a preserving, preservation: εἰς περιποίησιν ψυχῆς, to the preserving of the soul, namely, that it may be made partaker of eternal salvation (A. V. unto the saving of the soul), Heb 10:39 (Plato, deff., p. 415 c.).
2. possession, one's own property: 1 Pet 2:9 (Isa 43:20f); Eph 1:14 (on this passive see ἀπολύτρωσις, 2):
3. an obtaining: with a genitive of the thing to be obtained, 1 Thess 5:9; 2 Thess 2:14.

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Take, Obtain, Gain, Lose5 occurrences Experiencer2 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