κερδαίνω (kerdainō) means “to gain” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ker-dah'-ee-no Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
κερδαίνω · kerdainō · to gain
κερδαίνω [in Sm.: Job.22:3 * ;] to gain: with accusative, Mat.25:16-17, 20 25:22; τ. κόσμον, Mat.16:26, Mrk.8:36, Luk.9:25; absol., to make profit, get gain: Jas.4:13. Metaphorical, with accusative of thing(s), to save oneself from, avoid: Act.27:21 (Field, Notes, 145); with accusative of person(s), to gain, win: Mat.18:15, 1Co.9:19-22, Php.3:8; pass., 1Pe.3:1.† (AS)
STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
I gain, acquire, win (over), avoid loss.
John Jeffrey Dodson · CC0
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| win | 5 |
| gained | 2 |
| i have gained | 2 |
| to gain | 2 |
| he gains | 1 |
| i may gain | 1 |
| make a profit | 1 |
| they will be won over | 1 |
| you have won | 1 |
| you would have averted | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| i might gain | 5 |
| he shall gain | 2 |
| i have gained | 2 |
| be won | 1 |
| gained | 1 |
| get gain | 1 |
| i may win | 1 |
| if he gain | 1 |
| may | 1 |
| thou hast gained | 1 |
| to have gained | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 16 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Read word by wordIf your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
Read word by wordThe servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
Read word by wordLikewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.
Read word by wordThe servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
Read word by wordThe servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’
Read word by wordWhat does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
Read word by wordWhat does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
Read word by wordAfter the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.
Read word by wordThough I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
Read word by wordTo the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
Read word by wordTo those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
Read word by wordTo the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
Read word by wordMore than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
Read word by wordCome now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
Read word by wordWives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
Read word by wordData created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.
We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.
Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.
Open in Berean Blue