"a laying up, keeping; an acquiring or obtaining, acquisition, 1 Thess. 5:9; 2 Thess. 2:14; a saving, preservation, Heb. 10:39; a peculiar possession, specialty, Eph. 1:14; 1 Pet. 2:9*"
Definition and meaning
a laying up, keeping; an acquiring or obtaining, acquisition, 1 Thess. 5:9; 2 Thess. 2:14; a saving, preservation, Heb. 10:39; a peculiar possession, specialty, Eph. 1:14; 1 Pet. 2:9*
In the original Greek the word is written: περιποίησις
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of peripoiesis (G4047) across the King James Bible.
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.
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Common questions
Strong's G4047 (peripoiesis) is a Greek word that means: a laying up, keeping; an acquiring or obtaining, acquisition, 1 Thess. 5:9; 2 Thess. 2:14; a saving, preservation, Heb. 10:39; a peculiar possession, specialty, Eph. 1:14; 1 Pet. 2:9* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word peripoiesis (G4047) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4047 is peripoiesis, a Greek word defined as: a laying up, keeping; an acquiring or obtaining, acquisition, 1 Thess. 5:9; 2 Thess. 2:14; a saving, preservation, Heb. 10:39; a peculiar possession, . James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
peripoiesis is a Greek word found in the New Testament.