noun · neuter
kerdem
Strong’sG2771
gain, advantage
stem kerd-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** κέρδος, -εος (-ους), τό,
[in Aq.: Ez 27:24; Sm.: Ps 29 (30):10, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2771 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidker'-dos
gain (pecuniary or genitive case)
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jamesgain, lucre.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
gain, profit, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐνόησεν ὅππως κ. ἔῃ how some advantage can be gained, what is best to be done, Refs 8th c.BC+; ποιέεσθαί τι ἐν κέρδεϊ, with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅτι.. Refs 5th c.BC+; μέγ᾽ ἐστὶ κ., ἢν.. Refs; participle, πᾶν κ. ἡγοῦ ζημιουμένη φυγῇ Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. ἐστί μοι, with infinitive, τί δῆτ᾽ ἐμοὶ ζῆν κ.; Refs 4th c.BC+; τί κ. ἦν αὐτῷ διαβάλλειν ἐμ; Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, gains, profits, περιβαλλόμενος ἑωυτῷ κέρδεα Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ δειλὰ (variant{δεινὰ}) κ. Refs 5th c.BC+
2 desire of gain, κέρδει καὶ σοφία δέδεται Refs 5th c.BC+; of persons, ἡμέτερα κ. τῶν σοφῶν (={ἡμῶν τῶν σ}.) you of whom we wise men make gain, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 iron. Refs
II in plural, cunning arts, wiles, ὃς δέ κε κ. εἰδῇ Refs 8th c.BC+; κέρδεσιν, οὔ τι τάχει γε παραφθάμενοςRefs 8th c.BC+; κακὰ κ. βουλεύουσιν 'they mean mischief', Refscerd 'art', 'craft', Welsh cerdd 'craft' or 'music'.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | kerdem1×κέρδος | kerdeim1×κέρδη |
| of, belonging to genitive | kerdeu1×κέρδους | kerdeiu |
| to, for dative | kerde | kerdei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kerde is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
kerdem“gain”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Philippians 1:21… tem zōarō Christos kai tem apothnēskara kerdem.… is Christ, and to die is gain.
kerdeu“gain”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Titus 1:11… anatrepalō didaskarōntois heim mē datō aischreu kerdeu charin.… silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach …
kerdeim“gain”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Philippians 3:7Alla hotineim ate mi kerdeim, houteim hēgomē dia ton Christon zēmian.But whatever was gain to me I count as loss …