ΚΕΡΔΟΥΣ, κερδους
KERDOUS, kerdous
Sounds Like: ker-DOOS
Translations: (of) gain, (of) profit, (of) advantage, (of) lucre
From the root: ΚΕΡΔΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to gain, profit, or advantage, often in a financial or material sense. It can also refer to the benefit or advantage derived from something. It is typically used to describe the outcome of an action or transaction that results in something positive for the individual or group involved.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2771 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:39
Codex Sinaiticus
- Titus — 1:11
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 63:325
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Titus — 1:11
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
- ΚΕΡΔΟΣ — gain, profit, advantage, a gain, a profit, an advantage
- ΚΕΡΔΩΝ — of gain, of profit, of advantage
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