- Transliteration: Kerdaino

- Phonetic: ker-dah'-ee-no

- Definition:

1. to gain, acquire, to get gain

2. metaph.

a. of gain arising from shunning or escaping from evil (where we say "to spare one's self", "be spared")

b. to gain any one i.e. to win him over to the kingdom of God, to gain one to faith in Christ

c. to gain Christ's favour and fellowship

- Origin: from G2771" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2771

- TDNT entry: 14:12,4

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G2771" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2771; to gain (literally or figuratively): - (get) gain win.