κτάομαι, -ῶμαι,
[in LXX chiefly for קנה;]
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): c. acc. rei, Mt 10:9, Lk 18:12, Ac 8:20; c. gen. pret., Ac 22:28; ἐκ c. gen. pret., Ac 1:18; τ. ψυχὰς ὑμῶν (MM, xvi), Lk 21:19; τ. ἑαυτοῦ σκεῦος κτᾶσθαι, I Th 4:4 (where if σ. = body, κ. must = pf., κέκτημαι; v. MM, xvi; M, Th., in l.; Field, Notes, 72 f. But σ. is most freq. taken as = wife; v. Thayer, s.v.; Lft., Notes, 53 ff.; ICC, in l.).†