# G2770 κερδαίνω

κερδαίνω (kerdaínō), Strong’s G2770: to gain (literally or figuratively) KJV: (get) gain, win. Occurs 15 times.

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*kerdaínō* — to gain (literally or figuratively)

KJV: (get) gain, win

Derived from [κέρδος kérdos](https://besorah.bible/word/G2771) (gain)

Occurs 15 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 16:26](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/16?v=26) — For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange…
- [Matthew 18:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/18?v=15) — “If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have…
- [Matthew 25:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=16) — Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
- [Matthew 25:17](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=17) — In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.
- [Matthew 25:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=20) — He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five…
- [Matthew 25:22](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=22) — “He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another…
- [Mark 8:36](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/8?v=36) — For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
- [Luke 9:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/9?v=25) — For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
- [Acts 27:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/27?v=21) — When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them and said, “Sirs, you should have listened to…
- [1 Corinthians 9:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/9?v=19) — For though I was free from all, I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.