Peripoiesis means “peculiar” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4047 — magpiash in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4047 περιποίησις (peripoiesis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. peripoiesis (per-ee-poy'-ay-sis) n. 1. acquisition (the act or the thing) 2. (by extension) preservation It has 8 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include purchased, obtain, obtaining, and peculiar. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
peripoiesis (per-ee-poy'-ay-sis) n. 1. acquisition (the act or the thing) 2. (by extension) preservation [from G4046] KJV: obtain(-ing), peculiar, purchased, possession, saving Root(s): G4046
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4047. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
acquiring
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render peripoiesis, 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.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old 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.
Strong's G4047 (περιποίησις) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Asa and his people pursued them to Gedor; and the Ethiopians fell, so that they could not recover themselves; for they were crushed before the Lord, and before his host; and they took many spoils.
For the glory of this house shall be great, the latter more than the former, saith the Lord Almighty: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord Almighty, even peace of soul for a possession to everyone that builds, to raise up this temple.
And they shall be mine, saith the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4047.
And Asa and his people pursued them to Gedor; and the Ethiopians fell, so that they could not recover themselves; for they were crushed before the Lord, and before his host; and they took many spoils.
For the glory of this house shall be great, the latter more than the former, saith the Lord Almighty: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord Almighty, even peace of soul for a possession to everyone that builds, to raise up this temple.
And they shall be mine, saith the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.
Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4047, grouped by book.
Peripoiesis (Strong's G4047) is a Greek word most simply glossed "peculiar". peripoiesis (per-ee-poy'-ay-sis) n. 1. acquisition (the act or the thing) 2. (by extension) preservation
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G4047 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4047 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as purchased, obtain, obtaining, and peculiar. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4047, with linked reader references where each row is available.