1) to gain, acquire, to get gain
2) metaphorically
2a) of gain arising from shunning or escaping from evil (where we say "to spare one's self", "be spared")
2b) to gain any one, i.e. to win him over to the kingdom of God, to gain one to faith in Christ
2c) to gain Christ's favour and fellowship
Part of Speech: verb
Citing in TDNT: 3:672, 428
G2770
From G2771; to gain (literally or figuratively): - (get) gain, win.
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| a make profit | 57.189 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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