- περιποιέω
- περιποιέω (Hdt. et al.; ins, pap, LXX; EpArist 121) in our lit. only mid. (Thu. et al.; LXX; TestSol 9:2 P; Joseph.) act. fut. 2 pl. περιποιήσετε Ex 22:17; 1 aor. inf. περιποιῆσαι 1 Macc 6:44, ptc. dat. περιποιήσαντι 2 Macc 3:35. Mid.: fut. περιποιήσομαι; 1 aor. περιεποιησάμην; pf. περιπεποίημαι 1 Ch 29, 3. Prim.: ‘to cause to remain over and above.’① to make secure for oneself, save/preserve (for oneself) τί someth. τὴν ψυχήν preserve one’s own life Lk 17:33 (cp. X., Cyr. 4, 4, 10 τὰς ψυχάς=his life).② to gain possession of someth., acquire, obtain, gain for oneself (Thu. 1, 9, 2; X., Mem. 2, 7, 3; Polyb. 3, 6, 13; 24, 9, 6; Is 43:21; Jos., Bell. 1, 180) τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦτον Hv 1, 1, 8. τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου Ac 20:28 (s. Haenchen, AG, ad loc.; Danker, Benefactor, 335f).—Oft. w. a reflexive pron. pleonastically added (X., An. 5, 6, 17 ἑαυτῷ δύναμιν περιποιήσασθαι; Demosth. 19, 240; PTor II, 8, 70 [119 B.C.]; Pr 7:4) βαθμὸν ἑαυτοῖς καλὸν περιποιοῦνται 1 Ti 3:13. Cp. ἑαυτῷ μέγα κλέος 1 Cl 54:3. σεαυτῷ ζωήν Hm 3:5. σεαυτῷ δόξαν περισσότεραν Hs 5, 3, 3. ἑαυτῷ τιμήν m 4, 4, 2. θάνατον ἑαυτοῖς Hs 6, 5, 7c. Also without an acc., which is easily supplied ἑαυτοῖς π. enrich oneself Hs 9, 26, 2.③ to effect some circumstance, bring (about) τινί τι someth. for someone (Aristot., Pol. 3, 16; PAmh. 34d, 2 [II B.C.] πλεῖόν τι περιποιούμενοι τῷ βασιλεῖ; 2 Macc 15:21; Jos., Ant. 14, 386.—Mayser II/1, 1926 p. 101) αὕτη ἡ τρυφὴ ζωὴν περιποιεῖται τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ Hs 6, 5, 7a. τιμωρίας αὐτοῖς περιποιοῦνται ibid. vs. 7b.—M-M. Spicq.
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