peripoiēsis · possession, acquiring

What it means

peripoiēsis (περιποίησις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “possession, acquiring”.

Possession, what someone acquires and keeps as his own; also the act of acquiring or keeping.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What belongs to someone, acquired for himself.
2. Coming to have.
3. Keeping safe, alive.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• obtaining ×2
• God’s possession ×1
• acquired possession ×1
• preserving ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ephesians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• Hebrews×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Ephesians 1:14

  which is the pledge of our inheritance for the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of his glory.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:9

  For God did not appoint us for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus the Messiah,

• 2 Thessalonians 2:14

  to which he called you through our good news, for obtaining the glory of our Lord Jesus the Messiah.

• Hebrews 10:39

  But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.

• 1 Peter 2:9

  But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.