# κερδαίνω (kerdainō)

Strong’s G2770. 16 New Testament occurrences.

I gain, acquire, win (over), avoid loss.

Lexicon: Dodson, public domain.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/greek/kerdaino-g2770

## Occurrences

- [Matthew 16:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/16/26) — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
- [Matthew 18:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/18/15) — Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- [Matthew 25:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/25/16) — Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
- [Matthew 25:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/25/17) — And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
- [Matthew 25:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/25/20) — And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside…
- [Matthew 25:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/25/22) — He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
- [Mark 8:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/mark/8/36) — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
- [Luke 9:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/9/25) — For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
- [Acts 27:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/27/21) — But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have…
- [1 Corinthians 9:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/9/19) — For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
- [1 Corinthians 9:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/9/20) — And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the la…
- [1 Corinthians 9:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/9/21) — To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
- [1 Corinthians 9:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/9/22) — To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
- [Philippians 3:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/philippians/3/8) — Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, an…
- [James 4:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/james/4/13) — Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
- [1 Peter 3:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-peter/3/1) — Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wiv…