Definition

to make around oneself, i.e. acquire (buy)

Etymology

middle voice from G4012 (περί) and G4160 (ποιέω);

Word family

• περί perí
• ποιέω poiéō

How the KJV renders it

• purchase

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.