Word study · Greek
peripoíēsis
obtaining
Say it: per-ee-POY-ay-sis (approximate)
περιποίησις
What it means
Obtaining, possession, or what is preserved. In 5:9, "God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation." In Ephesians 1:14 and 1 Peter 2:9, it is "possession."
Range of meaning
- ObtainingGaining.
- PossessionWhat belongs to one.
In 1 Thessalonians
- Chapter 5
"To the obtaining of salvation" (5:9).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G4047 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources