κτάομαι, -ῶμαι

[in LXX chiefly for קָנָה ;]

in pres. impf. fut. and aor. to procure for oneself, get, gain, acquire (the pf. and plpf. to have acquired, hence to possess, do not occur in NT): with accusative of thing(s), Mat.10:9, Luk.18:12, Act.8:20; with genitive pret. Act.22:28; ἐκ with genitive pret. Act.1:18; τ,ψυχὰς ὑμῶν (MM, xvi), Luk.21:19; τ. ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος κτᾶσθαι, 1Th.4:4 (where if σ. = body, κ. must = pf. κέκτημαι; see MM, xvi; M, Th. in l; Field, Notes, 72 f. But σ. is most frequently taken as = wife; see Thayer, see word; Lft. Notes, 53 ff.; ICC, in l).†

(AS)

to procure for oneself; get; gain; acquire