ΚΕΡΔΑΙΝΕΣΘΑΙ, κερδαινεσθαι
KERDAINESTHAI, kerdainesthai
Sounds Like: ker-THEH-nes-thai
Translations: to gain, to profit, to acquire, to win
From the root: ΚΕΡΔΑΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to gain or acquire something, often with the connotation of profit or advantage. It can refer to gaining material wealth, but also to gaining people (as in winning souls) or gaining an advantage in a situation. It is used in the middle or passive voice in this form, indicating that the subject is gaining for themselves or is being gained.
Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2770 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 5:112
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΕΡΔΑΙΝΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΕΡΔΑΝΕΝ — he gained, he profited, he acquired
- ἘΚΕΡΔΗΣΑ — gained, profited, won
- ἘΚΕΡΔΗΣΑΣ — you gained, you won, you profited
- ἘΚΕΡΔΗΣΕ — he gained, he profited, he earned, he acquired
- ἘΚΕΡΔΗΣΕΝ — he gained, he profited, he acquired, he earned
- ΕΚΕΡΔΗΣΑ — I gained, I profited, I acquired, I won
- ΕΚΕΡΔΗΣΑΣ — you gained, you profited, you acquired, you won
- ΕΚΕΡΔΗΣΕ — he gained, she gained, it gained, he profited, she profited, it profited
- ΕΚΕΡΔΗΣΕΝ — he gained, he profited, he acquired, he earned
- ΚΕΚΕΡΔΗΚΑΜΕΝ — we have gained, we have profited, we have acquired
- ΚΕΚΕΡΔΗΜΕΝΩΝ — of things gained, of things profited, of things acquired, of things won
- ΚΕΡΔΑΙΝΕΙΝ — to gain, to profit, to acquire, to win, to make a profit
- ΚΕΡΔΑΙΝΕΤΑΙ — is gained, is profited, is acquired, is won
- ΚΕΡΔΑΙΝΟΥΣΙ — gain, profit, acquire, make a profit, win
- ΚΕΡΔΑΙΝΩ — to gain, to profit, to acquire, to win
- ΚΕΡΔΑΝ — to gain, to profit, to acquire, to make a profit
- ΚΕΡΔΑΝΑΙ — to gain, to profit, to acquire, to win
- ΚΕΡΔΑΝΑΣ — gain, profit, acquire, win
- ΚΕΡΔΑΝΕΙ — will gain, will profit, will acquire, will earn
- ΚΕΡΔΑΝΕΙΝ — to gain, to profit, to acquire, to win
- ΚΕΡΔΑΝΩ — gain, profit, win, acquire
- ΚΕΡΔΗΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be gained, they will be won, they will be profited
- ΚΕΡΔΗΣΑΙ — to gain, to profit, to acquire, to win
- ΚΕΡΔΗΣΑΣ — having gained, having profited, having won, gaining, profiting, winning
- ΚΕΡΔΗΣΕ — he gained, he profited, he won, he acquired
- ΚΕΡΔΗΣΕΙΝ — to gain, to profit, to acquire, to win
- ΚΕΡΔΗΣΕΤΕ — you will gain, you will profit, you will acquire
- ΚΕΡΔΗΣΗ — gain, profit, acquire, win
- ΚΕΡΔΗΣΟΜΕΝ — we will gain, we will profit, we will acquire
- ΚΕΡΔΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΥ — gaining, profiting, acquiring, benefiting, of gaining, of profiting, of acquiring, of benefiting
- ΚΕΡΔΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — will gain, will profit, will acquire, will make a profit
- ΚΕΡΔΗΣΩ — gain, win, profit, acquire
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