ΚΕΡΔΟΣ, κερδος
KERDOS, kerdos
Sounds Like: KER-dos
Translations: gain, profit, advantage, a gain, a profit, an advantage
From the root: ΚΕΡΔΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to gain, profit, or advantage, often in a material or financial sense, but can also refer to any kind of benefit or advantage. It is typically used to describe something acquired or achieved that is beneficial.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2771 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:60
Codex Sinaiticus
- Philippians — 1:21
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 1:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:219, 8:251, 8:266, 8:296
- Book 5 — 1:33, 8:290
- Book 6 — 3:34
- Book 15 — 5:158
- Book 18 — 6:176, 8:294
- Book 19 — 2:176
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 4:8, 16:14, 20:26, 21:21
- Book Four — 2:19
- Book Five — 7:21, 13:34
- Book Six — 9:24
- Book Seven — 4:25
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Philippians — 1:21
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΕΡΔΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΕΡΔΕΙ — (to) gain, (to) profit, (to) advantage, (by) gain, (for) gain, a gain
- ΚΕΡΔΕΣΙ — gain, profit, advantage, a gain, a profit, an advantage
- ΚΕΡΔΕΣΙΝ — gain, profit, advantage, a gain, a profit, an advantage
- ΚΕΡΔΗ — gain, profit, advantage, a gain, a profit, an advantage
- ΚΕΡΔΟΥΣ — (of) gain, (of) profit, (of) advantage, (of) lucre
- ΚΕΡΔΩΝ — of gain, of profit, of advantage
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