Kerdainō κερδαίνω

Kerdainō (Greek κερδαίνω, Strong's G2770) is a Greek verb meaning “to gain”. It occurs 17 times in 16 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Kerdainō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 16:26
  For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
• Matthew 18:15
  Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
• Matthew 25:16
  Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.
• Matthew 25:17
  And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.
• Matthew 25:20
  And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
• Matthew 25:22
  He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’

Mark

• Mark 8:36
  For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

Luke

• Luke 9:25
  For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

Acts

• Acts 27:21
  But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 9:19
  For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.
• 1 Corinthians 9:20
  And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.
• 1 Corinthians 9:21
  To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
• 1 Corinthians 9:22
  To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.

Philippians

• Philippians 3:8
  Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

James

• James 4:13
  Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

1 Peter

• 1 Peter 3:1
  Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).