Quick Definition
κτῆμα, ατος, τό n.n. a field, property
Strong's Definition
an acquirement, i.e. estate
Derivation: from G2932 (κτάομαι);
KJV Usage: possession
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κτῆμα, -ros, τό, (fr. κτάομαι, as χρῆμα fr. χράομαι), a possession: as in Grk. writers, of property, lands, estates, ete.. Mt. xix. 22; Mk. x. 22; Acts ii. 45; v. 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κτῆμα ktēma 4x
a possession, property, field, Mt. 19:22; Mk. 10:22; Acts 2:45; 5:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κτῆμα, -τος, τό
(< κτάομαι), [in LXX for כֶּרֶם, etc.;]
a possession, property: Mt 19:22, Mk 10:22, Ac 2:45 5:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κτῆμα byssus-manufacture” (Edd.), P Oxy II. 2595 (a.p. 23) ὀμνύω. .. eb μὴν κτήσεσθαι ἡμ[έϊρας τριάκοντα ἐν al (4 αἷς) ἀϊπο]καταστήσω ὃν ἐνγεγύημαι παρὰ σοῦ ἐκ [τ]ῆς πολιτικῆς φυλα[κ]ῆς, “1 swear that I have thirty days in which to restore to you the man whom I bailed out of the public prison”’ (Edd.), where we seem to have the rather common confusion of aor. and fut. inf., cf. 24.18 μὴ ἔχοντός pov ἐκξ (= ἐξ)ουσίαν χρόνον ἕτερον [κ]τή[σἼεσθαι, ‘and I have no power to obtain a further period of time ” (Edd.), 76. 237% 45 (A.D, 186) ὧν ἐὰν καὶ ἴδια κτήσωνται μεθέτερα; “of whatever they may acquire themselves besides ’’ (Edd. ). A good illustration for Lk 2119 ‘‘you shall win your own selves,”’ as opposed to ‘‘ forfeiting self” in 9?4, may be found in P Par 63127 (B.c. 164) (= P Petr Ill. p. 28) τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐκ τηλικαύτης καταφθ(ο)ρᾶ[ς] ἀρτ[(]ως ἀνακτωμένους, ‘‘the population recovering from so great a distress ’’ (Mahaffy). So we say of a sick man, ‘‘He isn’t himself yet.” This same meaning of ‘‘acquire,” ‘‘ gradually obtain the complete mastery of the body,’’ is probably to be preferred in r Th 4} (as against 7hess. p. 49). For the perf. κέκτημαι (not found in the NT) with its present force “possess ’’ (cf. Proleg. p. 147) we may cite P Tebt I. 5%” (B.C. 118) ot] τὴν [σπό]ριμον κεκτημένοι, P Oxy IV. 7057° (A.D. 200-2) χωρία κεκτήμεθα, ‘own estates,” 2. VI. 903%4 iv/A.D.) ὅσα κέκτηται, ‘how much she has possessed herself of,” and from the inserr. Sy// 178! (end of iv/B.c.) ἔδωκεν « Kal αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐκγόνοις, κυρίοις οὖσι κεκτῆσθαι Kal ἀλλάσσεσθαι καὶ ἀποδόσθαι. See also P Eleph 14°4(Ptol.) κυριεύσουσιν δὲ καθ᾽ ἃ kal οἱ πρῶτον κύριοι ἐκέκτηντο, and the contracted ἐκτῶντο in BGU III. 992 #6 (B.c. 167). Other reff. to the inscriptional evidence will be found in Mayser G7. p. 340.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κτῆμα (ktēma) — possession. κτῆμα, ατος, τό, (κτάομαι) anything gotten, piece of property, possession, singular once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a slave, παλαιὸν οἴκων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a calf, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. frequently in plural, possessions, in [Refs 8th c.BC+] of heirlooms, δόμοις ἐν κτήματα κεῖται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, of all kinds of property, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἔοως ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις who fallest upon wealth, i.e. on the wealthy, [Refs 5th c.BC+] property in money and chattels, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={κτήνη}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀγροί, personal (opposed to real) property, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; less frequently of landed property, κ. ἔχων ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ [Refs 4th c.BC+]: later frequently in singular, estate, farm, field, etc., [NT+1st c.AD+], etc.; ἀμπελικὸν κ. vineyard, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. in plural, materials, κ. πιλητά [Refs 2nd c.AD+]