STRONGS G4047:
περιποίησις,
περιποιήσεως,
ἡ (
περιποιέω);
1. a preserving, preservation:
εἰς περιποίησιν ψυχῆς, to the preserving of the soul, namely, that it may be made partaker of eternal salvation (
A. V. unto the saving of the soul),
Hebrews 10:39 (
Plato, deff., p. 415 c.).
2. possession, one's own property:
1 Peter 2:9 (
Isaiah 43:20f);
Ephesians 1:14 (on this passive see
ἀπολύτρωσις, 2):
3. an obtaining: with a genitive of the thing to be obtained,
1 Thessalonians 5:9;
2 Thessalonians 2:14.
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