κτάομαι, -ῶμαι; fut. κτήσομαι (
Lk. xxi. 19 L Tr WH); 1 aor. ἐκτησάμην; [fr. Hom. down]; Sept. for קָנָה;
to acquire, get or
procure a thing
for one's self [cf. W. 260 (244)]; (pf. κέκτημαι,
to possess [cf. W. 274 (257) note]; not found in the N. T.): τί,
Mt. x. 9;
Acts viii. 20; ὅσα κτῶμαι, all my income,
Lk. xviii. 12; with gen. of price added [W. 206 (194)], πολλοῦ,
Acts xxii. 28; with ἐκ and gen. of price (see ἐκ, II. 4),
Acts i. 18; τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος ἐν ἁγιασμῷ κ. τιμῇ, to produce for himself his own vessel (i. e. for the satisfaction or the sexual passion; see σκεῦος, 1) in sanctification and honor, i. e.
to marry a wife (opp. to the use of a harlot; the words ἐν ἁγ. κ. τιμῇ are added to express completely the idea of marrying in contrast with the baseness of procurring a harlot as his 'vessel'; cf. κτᾶσθαι γυναῖκα, of marrying a wife,
Ruth iv. 10;
[Sir. xxxvi. 29] (
[xxxiii. 26]); Xen. symp. 2, 10),
1 Th. iv. 4; τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν, the true life of your souls, your true lives, i. e. eternal life (cf. the opp. ζημιοῦσθαι τὴν ψ. αὐτοῦ under ζημιόω),
Lk. xxi. 19; cf. Meyer ad loc. and W. p. 274 (257).*