ΚΤΗΣΩΝΤΑΙ, κτησωνται
KTĒSŌNTAI, ktēsōntai
Sounds Like: KTEH-son-tai
Translations: acquire, obtain, possess, get, gain
From the root: KTAOMAI
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to acquire or obtain something, often with the implication of making it one's own property or possession. It can refer to gaining something through effort or purchase. It is used to describe the act of coming into possession of something.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle, Subjunctive, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2932 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 6:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, KTAOMAI.
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.
- ΕΚΤΗΣΑΜΗΝ — I acquired, I obtained, I possessed, I bought
- ΚΕΚΤΗΜΕΝΟΝ — possessed, acquired, obtained, a possessed one, the one who has acquired
- ΚΤΗΘΗΣΟΝΤΕ — they will be acquired, they will be obtained, they will be possessed
- ΚΤΗΣΗΣΘΑΙ — to acquire, to possess, to get, to obtain, to buy, to gain
- ΚΤΗΣΩΜΕΘΑ — let us acquire, let us get, let us obtain, let us possess
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