Quick Definition
περιποίησις, εως, ἡ n.f. obtaining, possessing, possession
Strong's Definition
from 4046; acquisition (the act or the thing); by extension, preservation
KJV Usage: obtain(-ing), peculiar, purchased, possession, saving
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ποιέω
90.74 · Case · Experiencer
experience, to experience the experience of an event or state which has been acquired For another interpretation of περιποίησις in 1TH 5:9, see 57.62.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
περι-ποίησις, -ews, 1), (περιποιέω):; 1. a preserving, preservation: εἰς περιποίησιν ψυχῆς, to the preserving of the soul, se. that it may be made partaker of eternal salvation [A. V. unto the saving of the soul], Heb. x. 39 (Plat. deff. p. 415 e.). 2. possession, one’s own properly: 1 Pet. ii. 9 (Is. xliii. 20 sq.); Eph. i. 14 (on this pass. see ἀπολύτρωσις, 3). 3. an obtaining: with a gen. of the thing to be obtained, 1 Th. v. 9; 2 Th. ii. 14.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
περιποίησις peripoiēsis 5x
a laying up, keeping; an acquiring or obtaining, acquisition, 1 Thess. 5:9; 2 Thess. 2:14; a saving, preservation, Heb. 10:39; a peculiar possession, specialty, Eph. 1:14; 1 Pet. 2:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† περι-ποίησις, -εως, ἡ
(< περιποιέω), [in LXX: II Ch 4:13 (12) (מִחְיָה), Ma 3:17 (סְגֻלָּה), Hg 2:10 (9)*;]
preservation: He 10:39 (II Ch 4:13).
acquisition, obtaining: I Th 5:9, II Th 2:14 (and so perh. Eph 1:14, v. infr.).
a possession: Eph 1:14 (but v. supr., and cf. ICC, in l.), I Pe 2:9(LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
περιποίησις. See P Rein 52? (ili/iv a.p.) ὑμῖν ἐγράφη τὴν περιποίησιν τοῦ σείτου Kal τὴν ἀναπομπὴν δηλῶσαι, where the editor notes that περιποίησις means ‘‘soit acquisition ou production, soit conservation”: here he doubtfully selects “production,” but in view of the following ἀναπομπήν, ‘“préservation ’’ would be better (cf. P Flor II. p. 89). In P Tebt II. 317° (A.D. 174-5) τὸ THs περιποιήσεως δίκαιον is rendered ‘‘claim of ownership,’’ which may be set by Eph 114, where the ‘‘ownership” is ought back after alienation.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
περιποίησις (peripoiēsis) — acquiring. περιποί-ησις, εως, ἡ, keeping safe, preservation, [NT+5th c.BC+]
2. concrete, those who are saved, [NT]
II. gaining possession of, acquisition, [NT+2nd c.AD+]; procuring, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. λαὸς εἰς περιποίησιν, ={λ. περιούσιος}, [NT]