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Strong's #4046 - περιποιέομαι
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- to make to remain over
- to reserve, to leave or keep safe, lay by
- to make to remain for one's self
- to preserve for one's self
- to get for one's self, purchase
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περιποιεομαι
Middle voice from G4012 and G4160
περιποιέω, περιποιῶ: middle, present περιποιοῦμαι; 1 aorist περιεποιησάμην; (see περί, III. 2); from Herodotus down; "to make to remain over; to reserve, to leave or keep safe, lay by; middle to make to remain for oneself," i. e.:
1. to preserve for oneself (the Sept. for הֶחֱיָה): τήν ψυχήν, life, Luke 17:33 T Tr WH (τάς ψυχάς, Xenophon, Cyril 4, 4, 10).
2. to get for oneself, purchase: τί, Acts 20:28 (Isaiah 43:21; δύναμιν, Thucydides 1, 9; Xenophon, mem. 2, 7, 3); τί ἐμαυτῷ, gain for myself (Winer's Grammar, § 38, 6), 1 Timothy 3:13 (1 Macc. 6:44; Xenophon, an. 5, 8, 17).
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περι -ποιέω , -ῶ ,
[in LXX for pi., hi., etc.;]
to make to remain over, preserve.
Mid.,
(a) to keep or save for oneself: τ . ψυχήν (cf. Xen., Cyr., iv, 4, 10; Arist., Pol., v, 11, 30), Luke 17:33;
(b) to get or gain for oneself, get possession of (Thuc., Xen., al.) : Acts 20:28, 1 Timothy 3:13.†
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In OGIS 767.18 (i/B.C.) a certain Phaus Cyrenensis is commended for having performed his duties towards God κτεἐνῶς καὶ εὐσεβῶ <ι >ς, and his duties towards men μεγαλ [ο ]ψύ (χ)ως καὶ πλουσίως ὑπὲρ δ (ύ)ναμιν.
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