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Strong's G4046 περιποιέομαι (peripoieomai)

Peripoieomai means “purchase” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4046 — maggephah (“slaughter”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4046
Language Greek
Linked Usages 32
Books 20

Strong's G4046 Quick Answer

Strong's G4046 περιποιέομαι (peripoieomai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. peripoieomai (per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ai) v. 1. to make around oneself, i.e. acquire (buy) [middle voice from G4012 and G4160] It has 32 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include purchase. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
peripoieomai (per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ai) v. 1. to make around oneself, i.e. acquire (buy) [middle voice from G4012 and G4160]
Usage
32 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
purchase

Meaning and Definition

peripoieomai (per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ai) v. 1. to make around oneself, i.e. acquire (buy) [middle voice from G4012 and G4160] KJV: purchase Root(s): G4012, G4160

Original Word
περιποιέομαι
Transliteration
peripoieomai
Derivation
Root: ποιέω R1: 4012 R2: 4160
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4046. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to gain

Usage: 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), Luk.17:33; __(b) to get or gain for oneself, get possession of (Thuc., Xen., al.) : Act.20:28, 1Ti.3:13.† (AS)

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How Strong's G4046 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render peripoieomai, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

purchase 1 Timothy 3:13

How Strong's G4046 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 26 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4046 (περιποιέομαι) appears 31 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4046 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4046 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 20:28 KJV

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

1 Timothy 3:13 KJV

For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Strong's G4046 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

26 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 12:12 Septuagint / Brenton

It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay me, but they shall save thee alive.

Genesis 31:18 Septuagint / Brenton

and he took away all his possessions and all his store, which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and all that belonged to him, to depart to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 36:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and all his possessions, and all his cattle, and all that he had gotten, and all things whatsoever he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and Esau went forth from the land of Canaan, from the face of his brother Jacob.

Strong's G4046 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 11:9 Septuagint / Brenton

Now as concerning the matter, which Achior did speak in thy council, we have heard his words; for the men of Bethulia saved him, and he declared unto them all that he had spoken unto thee.

1 Maccabees 6:44 Septuagint / Brenton

put himself in jeopardy, to the end he might deliver his people, and get him a perpetual name:

2 Maccabees 3:35 Septuagint / Brenton

So Heliodorus, after he had offered sacrifice unto the Lord, and made great vows unto him that had saved his life, and saluted Onias, returned with his host to the king.

Usage Excerpts

First 32 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4046.

Genesis 12:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay me, but they shall save thee alive.
Genesis 31:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he took away all his possessions and all his store, which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and all that belonged to him, to depart to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 36:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and all his possessions, and all his cattle, and all that he had gotten, and all things whatsoever he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and Esau went forth from the land of Canaan, from the face of his brother Jacob.
Exodus 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, When ye do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.
Exodus 22:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not save the lives of sorcerers.
Numbers 22:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if she had not turned out of the way, surely now, I should have slain thee, and should have saved her alive.
Joshua 6:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the city shall be devoted, it and all things that are in it, to the Lord of Hosts: only do ye save Rahab the harlot, and all things in her house.
Joshua 9:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
Judges 21:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall ye do: every male and every woman that has known the lying with man ye shall devote to destruction, but the virgins ye shall save alive: and they did so.
1 Kingdoms 15:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalek and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.
1 Kingdoms 15:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and refuse thing they destroyed.
1 Kingdoms 15:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalek, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed.
1 Kingdoms 25:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David heard it and said, Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself for a wife.
2 Kingdoms 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the poor man had only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; and it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
3 Kingdoms 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, and let us go through the land, and to the fountains of water, and to the brooks, if by any means we may find grass, and may save the horses and mules, and so they will not perish from the tents.
1 Chronicles 29:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And still farther, because I took pleasure in the house of my God, I have gold and silver which I have procured for myself, and, behold, I have given them to the house of my God over and above, beyond what I have prepared for the holy house.
Job 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All these things shall the righteous gain, And the truehearted shall possess his wealth.
Psalms 78:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the groaning of the prisoners come in before thee; According to the greatness of thine arm Preserve the sons of the slain ones.
Proverbs 6:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Proverbs 7:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;
Proverbs 22:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he has given of his own bread to the poor. But he takes away the life of them that possess them.
Isaiah 31:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As birds flying, so shall the Lord of hosts defend; he shall defend Jerusalem, and he shall rescue, and save and deliver.
Isaiah 43:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
even my people whom I have preserved to tell forth my praises.
Jeremiah 31:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore the heart of Moab shall sound as pipes, my heart shall sound as a pipe for the shorn men; forasmuch as what every man has gained has perished from him.
Ezekiel 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Woe to the women that sew pillows under every elbow, and make kerchiefs on the head of every stature to pervert souls! The souls of my people are perverted, and they have saved souls alive.
Ezekiel 13:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they have dishonored me before my people for a handful of barley, and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls which should not die, and to save alive the souls which should not live, while ye speak to a people hearing vain speeches.
Acts 20:28 New Testament, KJV
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
1 Timothy 3:13 New Testament, KJV
For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Judith 11:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now as concerning the matter, which Achior did speak in thy council, we have heard his words; for the men of Bethulia saved him, and he declared unto them all that he had spoken unto thee.
1 Maccabees 6:44 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
put himself in jeopardy, to the end he might deliver his people, and get him a perpetual name:
2 Maccabees 3:35 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So Heliodorus, after he had offered sacrifice unto the Lord, and made great vows unto him that had saved his life, and saluted Onias, returned with his host to the king.
2 Maccabees 15:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Maccabeus seeing the coming of the multitude, and the diverse preparations of armor, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretched out his hands toward heaven, and called upon the Lord that worketh wonders, knowing that victory cometh not by arms, but even as it seemeth good to him, he giveth it to such as are worthy:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4046, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4046 FAQ

What does peripoieomai (περιποιέομαι) mean?

Peripoieomai (Strong's G4046) is a Greek word most simply glossed "purchase". peripoieomai (per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ai) v. 1. to make around oneself, i.e. acquire (buy) [middle voice from G4012 and G4160]

How many times is peripoieomai (περιποιέομαι) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 32 linked usages for Strong's G4046 across 20 books.

Where can I study peripoieomai (περιποιέομαι) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4046 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate peripoieomai (περιποιέομαι)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as purchase. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4046 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 26 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4046, with linked reader references where each row is available.