περι-ποίησις, -εως, ἡ
(περιποιέω), [in LXX: 2Ch.4:13 (12) (מִחְיָה) Mal.3:17 (סְגֻלָּה), Hag.2:10 (9) * ;]
__1. preservation: Heb.10:39 (2 Ch, l.with).
__2. acquisition, obtaining: 1Th.5:9, 2Th.2:14 (and so perh. Eph.1:14, see infr.).
__3. a possession: Eph.1:14 (but see supr., and cf. ICC, in l), 1Pe.2:9 (LXX).†
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