Kérdos — G2771

Definition

neuter noun

gain (pecuniary or genitive case)

Usually translated as

gain, lucre

Origin

of uncertain affinity

Occurrences

Kérdos occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Philippians (2), Titus (1)

• Philippians 1:21 — For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain (κέρδος).
• Philippians 3:7 — But what things were gain (κέρδη) to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
• Titus 1:11 — Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake (κέρδους).