Word study · Greek
ktáomai
possess
Say it: KTAH-o-my (approximate)
κτάομαι
What it means
To acquire, obtain, or possess. In 4:4, "that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor" is hard to translate: it may mean to acquire a wife, or to gain control of his own body.
Open question Debated
Range of meaning
- AcquireGet or take for oneself.
- PossessHold control of.
In 1 Thessalonians
- Chapter 4
"To possess" or "acquire" (4:4).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G2932 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources