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<div> '''A — 1: '''''Ἐργασία''''' ''' (Strong'S #2039 — Noun [[Feminine]] — ergasia — er-gas-ee'-ah ) </div> <p> signifies (a) "work, working, performance" (from ergon, "work"), &nbsp;Ephesians 4:19; in &nbsp;Luke 12:58 , "diligence;" (b) "business or gain got by work," &nbsp;Acts 16:16,19; in 19:24,25, the RV adheres to the meaning "business" (AV, "gain" and "craft"). See [[Craft]] , Diligence. </p> <div> '''A — 2: '''''Πορισμός''''' ''' (Strong'S #4200 — Noun Masculine — porismos — por-is-mos' ) </div> <p> primarily denotes "a providing" (akin to porizo, "to procure"), then, "a means of gain," &nbsp;1—Timothy 6:5 (RV, "a way of gain"); &nbsp; 1—Timothy 6:6 . </p> <div> '''A — 3: '''''Κέρδος''''' ''' (Strong'S #2771 — Noun Neuter — kerdos — ker'-dos ) </div> <p> "gain" (akin to kerdaino, see below), occurs in &nbsp;Philippians 1:21; &nbsp;3:7; &nbsp;Titus 1:11 . See Lucre. </p> <div> '''B — 1: '''''Κερδαίνω''''' ''' (Strong'S #2770 — Verb — kerdaino — ker-dah'ee-no ) </div> <p> akin to A, No. 3, signifies (I), literally, (a) "to gain something," &nbsp;Matthew 16:26; &nbsp;25:16 (in the best mss.),17,20,22; &nbsp; Mark 8:36; &nbsp;Luke 9:25; (b) "to get gain, make a profit," &nbsp;James 4:13; (II), metaphorically, (a) "to win persons," said (1) of "gaining" an offending brother who by being told privately of his offense, and by accepting the representations, is won from alienation and from the consequences of his fault, &nbsp;Matthew 18:15; (2) of winning souls into the kingdom of God by the Gospel, &nbsp;1—Corinthians 9:19,20 (twice),21,22, or by godly conduct, &nbsp; 1—Peter 3:1 (RV, "gained"); (3) of so practically appropriating Christ to oneself that He becomes the dominating power in and over one's whole being and circumstances, &nbsp; Philippians 3:8 (RV, "gain"); (b) "to gain things," said of getting injury and loss, &nbsp; Acts 27:21 , RV, "gotten." See Get. </p> <div> '''B — 2: '''''Διαπραγματεύομαι''''' ''' (Strong'S #1281 — Verb — diapragmateuomai — dee-ap-rag-mat-yoo'-om-ahee ) </div> <p> signifies "to gain by trading," &nbsp;Luke 19:15 (from dia, "through," used intensively, and pragmateuomai, "to busy oneself, to be engaged in business"). </p> <div> '''B — 3: '''''Περιποιέω''''' ''' (Strong'S #4046 — Verb — peripoieo — per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ahee ) </div> <p> "to save for oneself, gain," is in the Middle Voice in the best mss. in &nbsp;Luke 17:33 , RV, "gain." See Purchase. </p> &nbsp;Luke 19:16&nbsp;Luke 19:18&nbsp; 2—Corinthians 12:17,18&nbsp;Revelation 18:17Trade.&nbsp; Acts 25:9

<p> ''''' gān ''''' : In the Old [[Testament]] the translation of three [[Hebrew]] substantives, בּצע , <i> ''''' beca‛ ''''' </i> , "unjust gain," "any gain" (&nbsp;Judges 5:19; &nbsp;Job 22:3; &nbsp;Proverbs 1:19; &nbsp;Proverbs 15:27; &nbsp;Isaiah 33:15; &nbsp;Isaiah 56:11; &nbsp;Ezekiel 22:13 , &nbsp;Ezekiel 22:17; &nbsp;Micah 4:13 ); מחיר , <i> ''''' meḥı̄r ''''' </i> , "price" for which a thing is sold (&nbsp;Daniel 11:39 , the only place where the Hebrew word is translated "gain" in the King James Version, though it occurs in other places translated "price"); תּבוּאה , <i> ''''' tebhū'āh ''''' </i> , "produce," "profits," "fruit" (&nbsp;Proverbs 3:14 ). It is the translation of one Hebrew verb, בּצע , <i> ''''' bāca‛ ''''' </i> , "to gain dishonestly" (&nbsp;Job 27:8 ); of one [[Aramaic]] verb, זבן , <i> ''''' zebhan ''''' </i> , "to buy," "procure for oneself" (&nbsp;Daniel 2:8 , here used of buying time, i.e. "seeking delay" (Gesenius)). </p> <p> In the New Testament, the translation of three Greek substantives, ἐργασία , <i> ''''' ergası́a ''''' </i> , "gain gotten by work," "profit" (&nbsp;Acts 16:16 , &nbsp;Acts 16:19; &nbsp;Acts 19:24 (the King James Version)); κέρδος , <i> ''''' kérdos ''''' </i> , "gain," "advantage" (Phil &nbsp;Acts 12:1; &nbsp;Acts 3:7 , in the former, Paul asserting that to him to die was a personal advantage, because then he would "be with Christ"; in the latter, he counts as "loss" his personal privileges in the flesh, when compared with "the excellency of the knowledge of Christ"); πορισμός , <i> ''''' porismós ''''' </i> , "gain," "a source of gain" (&nbsp;1 Timothy 6:5 , &nbsp;1 Timothy 6:6 , where the apostle asserts, not "gain" (earthly) is godliness, but godliness is "gain" (real, abiding)). It is the translation of three Greek vbs., κερδαίνω , <i> ''''' kerdaı́nō ''''' </i> , "to gain," "acquire," in &nbsp;Matthew 16:26 , where Jesus teaches that the soul, or life in its highest sense ("his own self," &nbsp;Luke 9:25 ), is worth more than the "gaining" of the whole (material) world; &nbsp;Matthew 18:15 , concerning the winning of a sinning brother by private interview; &nbsp;Matthew 25:17 , &nbsp;Matthew 25:22 , the parable of the Talents; &nbsp;Acts 27:21 the King James Version, injury "gained," sustained, by sailing from Crete; &nbsp; 1 Corinthians 9:19 , &nbsp;1 Corinthians 9:20 <i> bis </i> , 21, 22, all referring to Paul's life-principle of accommodation to others to "gain," win, them to Christ; in &nbsp;James 4:13 used in a commercial sense; ποιέω , <i> ''''' poiéō ''''' </i> , "to make," "make gain" (&nbsp;Luke 19:18 the King James Version, the parable of the Pounds); προσεργάζομαι , <i> ''''' prosergázomai ''''' </i> , "to gain by trading" (&nbsp;Luke 19:16 , commercial use, in the same parallel). </p>