# G4047 περιποίησις

περιποίησις (peripoíēsis), Strong’s G4047: acquisition (the act or the thing); by extension, preservation KJV: obtain(-ing), peculiar, purchased, possession, saving. Occurs 8 times.

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*peripoíēsis* — acquisition (the act or the thing); by extension, preservation

KJV: obtain(-ing), peculiar, purchased, possession, saving

Derived from [περιποιέομαι peripoiéomai](https://besorah.bible/word/G4046) (to make around oneself, i.e. acquire)

Occurs 8 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Ephesians 1:14](https://besorah.bible/besorah/ephesians/1?v=14) — who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.
- [1 Thessalonians 5:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-thessalonians/5?v=9) — For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah,
- [2 Thessalonians 2:14](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-thessalonians/2?v=14) — to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
- [Hebrews 10:39](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/10?v=39) — But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
- [1 Peter 2:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-peter/2?v=9) — But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim…