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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Jet, the mineral.

2. (n.) Fashion; manner; custom.

3. (n.) Artifice; contrivance.

4. (v. t.) To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc.

5. (v. t.) Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.

6. (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to generate.

7. (v. t.) To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson.

8. (v. t.) To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.

9. (v. t.) To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.

10. (v. t.) To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.

11. (v. i.) To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.

12. (v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected.

13. (n.) Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GET; GETTING

A great many Hebrew words are in the Old Testament translated "get," "got," etc. The word "get" has two meanings: (1) with the idea of movement, "to go," etc.; (2) with that of acquisition, "to gain," "obtain," etc.

(1) In the first sense the most frequent words are bo', "to come, or go in" (Genesis 45:17 1 Samuel 22:5, etc.); yalakh "to go on" (Genesis 12:1; Genesis 22:2 Exodus 5:4 Jeremiah 5:5, etc.); yaradh, "to go down" (Genesis 42:2 Joel 3:13); `alah, "to go up" (Genesis 44:17 Isaiah 40:9 Jeremiah 49:31, etc.). Other words are nudh, "to move off" (Jeremiah 49:30 the King James Version; Daniel 4:14); nasa', "to remove" (Numbers 14:25); yatsa', "to go out" (Genesis 19:14; Genesis 31:13 Exodus 11:8).

(2) In the sense of acquisition, the words most frequently translated "get," etc., are `asah, "to do," "to make" (Genesis 12:5; Genesis 31:1 Deuteronomy 8:17, 18); qanah, "to get," "obtain" (Genesis 4:1 Proverbs 4:5, 7 Ecclesiastes 2:7 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "bought"; Jeremiah 13:1, the Revised Version (British and American) "buy"); matsa' "to find" (Numbers 31:50 2 Samuel 20:6); rakhash, "to acquire," "gain" (Genesis 31:18; Genesis 36:6 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "gathered"; Genesis 46:6).

Getting is the translation of po`al (Proverbs 21:6), of qinyan "obtaining" (Genesis 31:18 Proverbs 4:7, the English Revised Version text and the American Standard Revised Version margin "all thou hast gotten"). In the New Testament "get" in the first sense is the translation of exerchomai, "to go out or forth" (Luke 13:31 Acts 7:3; Acts 22:18); of exeimi, "to go out or forth" (Acts 27:43); of katabaino, "to go down" (Acts 10:20); hupago, "to go away or under," "Get. behind" (Matthew 16:23 Luke 4:8 the King James Version, "Get. hence"; Matthew 4:10). The only separate word translated "get" in the second sense is heurisko, "to begin to find" (usually translated "find") (Luke 9:12 the King James Version, "that they may go. and get victuals").

For "get" the Revised Version (British and American) has "mount" (Deuteronomy 28:43), "buy" (Proverbs 17:16 Jeremiah 13:1; Jeremiah 19:1); for "get you down" (Joel 3:13), "tread ye," margin "get you down"; "get" for "possess" (Luke 18:12); "get them away" for "gather themselves together" (Psalm 104:22); "get us" for "apply" (Psalm 90:12); "let us get grain" for "therefore we take up corn for them," and for "that we might buy corn" (Nehemiah 5:2, 3); "get you no" for "provide neither" (Matthew 10:9); "getteth prudence" for "is prudent," margin "dealeth prudently" (Proverbs 15:5); "getteth" for "coveteth" (Habakkuk 2:9).

W. L. Walker

Greek

4046. peripoieo -- to preserve, get possession of
... to preserve, get possession of. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: peripoieo
Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-poy-eh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I acquire ...
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2932. ktaomai -- to acquire
... to acquire. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ktaomai Phonetic Spelling:
(ktah'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I win, get, buy, possess Definition: (a) I acquire ...
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1831. exerchomai -- to go or come out of
... Word Usage came (33), came forth (4), come (22), come forth (3), comes (1), coming
(7), departed (1), departing (1), descended* (1), eluded (1), get (2), go (21 ...
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1826. exeimi -- to go forth
... Word Origin from ek and eimi (to go) Definition to go forth NASB Word Usage get
(1), going (1), leave (1), left (1). depart, get to land, go out. ...
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618. apolambano -- to receive from, receive as one's due
... receive from, receive as one's due. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apolambano
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ol-am-ban'-o) Short Definition: I get back, receive ...
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3184. methuo -- to be drunken
... Word Origin from methu (wine) Definition to be drunken NASB Word Usage drunk (3),
drunk freely (1), drunkards (1), get drunk (1), made drunk (1). be drunk. ...
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4982. sozo -- to save
... Word Origin from sos (safe, well) Definition to save NASB Word Usage bring...safely
(1), cured (1), ensure salvation (1), get (1), get well (2), made...well (6 ...
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335. anaideia -- shamelessness
... Lk 11:8: "I tell you, if even he will not get up and give him anything because he
is his friend, yet because of his (335 ) he will get up and give him as much ...
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2477. historeo -- to inquire about, visit
... to inquire about, visit. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: historeo Phonetic
Spelling: (his-tor-eh'-o) Short Definition: I get acquainted with, visit ...
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5217. hupago -- to lead or bring under, to lead on slowly, to ...
... Word Origin from hupo and ago Definition to lead or bring under, to lead on slowly,
to depart NASB Word Usage get (2), go (45), go their way (1), go away (3 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7069. qanah -- to get, acquire
... 7068, 7069. qanah. 7070 . to get, acquire. Transliteration: qanah Phonetic
Spelling: (kaw-naw') Short Definition: buy. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3739. karah -- to trade, get by trade
... 3738b, 3739. karah. 3740 . to trade, get by trade. Transliteration: karah Phonetic
Spelling: (kaw-raw') Short Definition: bargain. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3823a. labab -- to get a mind or to encourage
... 3823, 3823a. labab. 3823b . to get a mind or to encourage. Transliteration:
labab Short Definition: faster. Word Origin denominative ...
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973b. bachel -- to get by greed
... bachel. 974 . to get by greed. Transliteration: bachel Short Definition: gained.
Word Origin a prim. root Definition to get by greed NASB Word Usage gained (1 ...
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5157. nachal -- to get or take as a possession
... 5156, 5157. nachal. 5158 . to get or take as a possession. Transliteration:
nachal Phonetic Spelling: (naw-khal') Short Definition: inherit. ...
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3823. labab -- to get a mind or to encourage
... labab. 3823a . to get a mind or to encourage. Transliteration: labab Phonetic
Spelling: (law-bab') Short Definition: cakes. make cakes, ravish, be wise ...
/hebrew/3823.htm - 5k

1980. halak -- to go, come, walk
... flow (6), flowed (1), flowing (1), flows (1), follow (2), follow* (14), followed
(2), followed* (21), following (1), following* (5), follows* (1), get (1), get ...
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7725. shub -- to turn back, return
... desist (2), draw and turning (1), draw it back (1), drawn (1), drew back (1), drives
(1), ever go back (1), fro (1), forth (1), gave...return (1), get (1), get ...
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3947. laqach -- to take
... 18), brought (13), buy (1), buys (1), capture (2), captured (2), carry (3), caught
(2), exact (1), find (1), flashing (1), flashing forth (1), get (25), gets (1 ...
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5493. sur -- to turn aside
... 1), avoid (1), beheaded* (1), cut off (1), degenerate (1), depart (45), departed
(7), deposed (1), deprives (2), do away (1), escape (1), get (1), go away (1 ...
/hebrew/5493.htm - 7k

Library

How we Don't Get In, and How we Do.
... II The Wooing Lover (John i. 1-18.) How We Don't Get In, and How We Do.
It ... family. First of all, he tells us how we don't get in. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/how we dont get in.htm

Let us Get up Early to the vineyards; Let us See if the vine ...
... Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, if the flowers
bring forth fruit, and the pomegranate has blossomed; there will I give ...
//christianbookshelf.org/guyon/song of songs of solomon/12 let us get up.htm

How to Get Rid Even of Spiritual Grounds of Discord.
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter IX. How to get rid even of spiritual
grounds of discord. Wherefore for the preservation ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter ix how to get.htm

October 14. "Get Thee, Behind Me, Satan" (Matt. xvi. 23).
... OCTOBER 14. "Get thee, behind me, Satan" (Matt. xvi. 23). "Get thee, behind
me, Satan" (Matthew 16:23). When your old self comes ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /october 14 get thee behind.htm

That no one Can Get the Better of Covetousness Unless He Stays in ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXXI. That no one can get the better of covetousness unless
he stays in the Coenobium: and how one can remain there. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxxi that no one.htm

The Pelagians Try to Get Rid of Original Sin by their Praise of ...
... Chapter 42."The Pelagians Try to Get Rid of Original Sin by Their Praise of God's
Works; Marriage, in Its Nature and by Its Institution, is Not the Cause of ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 42 the pelagians try to.htm

How Demons Get Power Over Men.
... Book IV. Chapter XV."How Demons Get Power Over Men. "Therefore demons,
as we have just said, when once they have been able, by ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xv how demons get power.htm

How Demons Get Power Over Men.
... Homily VIII. Chapter IX."How Demons Get Power Over Men. "Since, on the other
hand, you are oppressed by strange sufferings inflicted ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter ix how demons get power.htm

Get the Key to Job.
... Get the Key to Job. An Englishman asked me some time ago, "Do you know
much about Job?" "Well, I know a little," I replied. "If ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/get the key to job.htm

We Ought not to Allow the Idea of Profit to Get Hold of Us. ...
... Book III. Chapter VI. We ought not to allow the idea of profit to get hold of
us.� We ought not to allow the idea of profit to get hold of us. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter vi we ought not.htm

Thesaurus

Get (2204 Occurrences)
... To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as
a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by ...
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Attempts (14 Occurrences)
... Luke 5:18 And some men had with them, on a bed, a man who was ill, without power
of moving; and they made attempts to get him in and put him before Jesus. ...
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Suffice (22 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 14:21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one
he-lamb for a trespass-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and ...
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Carriage (32 Occurrences)
... Isaiah. (BBE). Acts 8:29 And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on
his carriage. (BBE). ... brother. Then he said, Go and get him. ...
/c/carriage.htm - 19k

Vines (39 Occurrences)
... Luke 20:10 And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of
the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away ...
/v/vines.htm - 18k

Vine-gardens (41 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 19:29 And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year
from what comes up of itself; and in the second year from the produce of the ...
/v/vine-gardens.htm - 19k

Behind (188 Occurrences)
... Behind (188 Occurrences). Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, " Get behind me,
Satan! ... Matthew 16:23 But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! ...
/b/behind.htm - 37k

Acquire (18 Occurrences)
... Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it." (See NAS NIV). ... Proverbs 23:4 Take
no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money. ...
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Attempt (23 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Attempt (23 Occurrences). Luke 3:13 And he said to them,
Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount. (BBE). ...
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Stems (31 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Exodus 5:7 Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you
have been doing; let them go and get the material for themselves. (BBE). ...
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