Greek noun (feminine) · G4047
περιποίησις
peripoiesisper-ee-poy'-ay-sis
preservation; acquisition, obtaining; a possession
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: peripoíēsis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4047is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4047
acquisition (the act or the thing); by extension, preservation
The King James renders it: obtain(-ing), peculiar, purchased, possession, saving.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
peripoiesis is rendered "preservation; acquisition, obtaining; a possession". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- One of the uses stand in Ephesians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "preservation".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ephesians 1:14who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
Ephesians 1:14περιποιήσεως
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in five of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: preservation, and acquisition, obtaining, and a possession.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| preservation | Tagged as
| WhereHebrews 10:39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed… |
| acquisition, obtaining1Th.5:9, 2Th.2:14 (and so perh. Eph.1:14, see infr.). | Tagged as
| WhereEphesians 1:14who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession… |
| a possessionEph.1:14 (but see supr. | Tagged as
| WhereEphesians 1:14who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| περί | peri | about | Uses332 |
| περιπατέω | peripateo | to walk | Uses94 |
| περισσεύω | perisseuo | to exceed | Uses39 |
| περιτομή | peritome | circumcision | Uses36 |
| περιβάλλω | periballo | to clothe | Uses23 |
| περιτέμνω | peritemno | to circumcise | Uses17 |
| περισσοτέρως | perissoteros | more excessively | Uses12 |
| περιστερά | peristera | dove | Uses10 |
| περισσῶς | perissos | excessively | Uses9 |
| περίχωρος | perichoros | region | Uses9 |
| περισσότερος | perissoteros | more excessive | Uses9 |
| περιτίθημι | peritithemi | to put on | Uses8 |
and 43 more on the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- περιποίησιν4
- περιποιήσεως1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular4N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
Ephesians
one use
who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
- περιποιήσεωςperipoieseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: acquired
1 Thessalonians
one use
For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- περιποίησινperipoiesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: obtaining
2 Thessalonians
one use
To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- περιποίησινperipoiesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: obtaining
Hebrews
one use
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
- περιποίησινperipoiesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: preserving
1 Peter
one use
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- περιποίησινperipoiesinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: possession
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.