noun · neuter
ktēmem
Strong’sG2933
a field, property
stem ktēm-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books0 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.
κτῆμα, -τος, τό
(< κτάομαι), [in LXX for כֶּרֶם, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2933 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidktay'-mah
an acquirement, i.e. estate
Fromfrom G2932;
King Jamespossession.
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
(κτάομαι) anything gotten, piece of property, possession, singular once in Refs 8th c.BC+; of a slave, παλαιὸν οἴκων κ. Refs 5th c.BC+; of a calf, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 frequently in plural, possessions, in Refs 8th c.BC+ of heirlooms, δόμοις ἐν κτήματα κεῖται Refs 8th c.BC+; also, of all kinds of property, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+; Ἔοως ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις who fallest upon wealth, i.e. on the wealthy, Refs 5th c.BC+ property in money and chattels, Refs 5th c.BC+; ={κτήνη}, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἀγροί, personal (opposed to real) property, Refs 4th c.BC+; less frequently of landed property, κ. ἔχων ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ Refs 4th c.BC+: later frequently in singular, estate, farm, field, etc., NT+1st c.AD+, etc.; ἀμπελικὸν κ. vineyard, Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 in plural, materials, κ. πιλητά Refs 2nd c.AD+
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 | ktēmem | ktēmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | ktēmeu | ktēmeiu |
| to, for dative | ktēme | ktēmei |
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
ktēme 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
ktēmeim3×
Matthew 19:22“possessions”… logon aperchata luporōntos, ate gar echarōntos ktēmeim polleim.… this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
Mark 10:22“possessions”… logo aperchata luporōntos, ate gar echarōntos ktēmeim polleim.… words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
Acts 2:45kai teim ktēmeim kai tain huparxiain pipraskale kai diamerizale …Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone …
ktēmem1×
Acts 5:1… sun Sapfira ta gunaika autou pōlata ktēmem… Sapphira, also sold a piece of property.