κτάομαι

κτάομαι, -ῶμαι

[in LXX chiefly for קָנָה ;]

in pres., impf., fut. and aor., to procure for oneself, get, gain, acquire (the pf. and plpf., to have acquired, hence to possess, do not occur in NT): with accusative of thing(s), Matt 10,9, Luk 18,12, ApG 8,20; with genitive pret., ApG 22,28 ἐκ with genitive pret., ApG 1,18 τ,ψυχὰς ὑμῶν (MM, xvi), Luk 21,19 τ. ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος κτᾶσθαι, 1 Thess 4,4 (where if σ. = body, κ. must = pf., κέκτημαι; see MM, xvi; M, Th., in l; Field, Notes, 72 f. But σ. is most frequently taken as = wife; see Thayer, see word; Lft., Notes, 53 ff.; ICC, in l).†