peripoiēsias

Strong’sG4047

obtaining, possessing, possession

stem peripoiēsi-5 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books2 of 10 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.

† περι-ποίησις, -εως, ἡ

(< περιποιέω), [in LXX: II Ch 4:13 (12) (מִחְיָה), Ma 3:17 (סְגֻלָּה), Hg 2:10 (9)*;]

1. preservation: He 10:39 (II Ch 4:13).

2. acquisition, obtaining: I Th 5:9, II Th 2:14 (and so perh. Eph 1:14, v. infr.).

3. a possession: Eph 1:14 (but v. supr., and cf. ICC, in l.), I Pe 2:9(LXX).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4047 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidper-ee-poy'-ay-sis

acquisition (the act or the thing); by extension, preservation

Fromfrom G4046;

King Jamesobtain(-ing), peculiar, purchased, possession, saving.

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

περιποί-ησις, εως, ἡ,
keeping safe, preservation, NT+5th c.BC+
2 concrete, those who are saved, NT
II gaining possession of, acquisition, NT+2nd c.AD+; procuring, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.2 λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν, ={λ. περιούσιος}, NT

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.

obtain2×possession2×preservation1×

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 nominative	peripoiēsias	peripoiēsiais
object accusative	peripoiēsian4×περιποίησιν	peripoiēsiain
direct address vocative	peripoiēsiar	peripoiēsiair
of, belonging to genitive	peripoiēsiau1×περιποιήσεως	peripoiēsiaiu
to, for dative	peripoiēsia	peripoiēsiai

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

peripoiēsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

peripoiēsia 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.

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

peripoiēsian“obtain”objectaccusative singular4×

1 Thessalonians 5:9… tos theos eis organ alla eis peripoiēsian sōtērēau dia tou kuriou nu Iēsu …… us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:14“obtain”… vin dia teu euangelieu nu, eis peripoiēsian doxau tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou.… He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:39“preservation”… hupostolau eis apōleian, alla pistiau eis peripoiēsian psuchau.… those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve …

1 Peter 2:9… basileiem hierateumem, ethnem hagiem, laos eis peripoiēsian, hopōs tain aretain exangelaveia tou ek …… nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him …

peripoiēsiau“possession”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Ephesians 1:14… tau klēronomiau nu, eis apolutrōsian tau peripoiēsiau, eis epainon tau doxau autou.… redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.