περιποίησις

peripoiēsis
acquiring
Strong’s G4047Noun, feminine5 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

acquired possession1
obtaining1
the obtaining1
the preserving1
possession1

In the text

Abbott-Smith

περι-ποίησις, -εως, ἡ
(περιποιέω), [in LXX: 2Ch.4:13 (12) (מִחְיָה) Mal.3:17 (סְגֻלָּה), Hag.2:10 (9) * ;]
1. preservation: Heb.10:39 (2 Ch, l.with).
2. acquisition, obtaining: 1Th.5:9, 2Th.2:14 (and so perh. Eph.1:14, see infr.).
3. a possession: Eph.1:14 (but see supr., and cf. ICC, in l), 1Pe.2:9 (LXX).†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.