Quick Definition
a field, property
Strong's Definition
an acquirement, i.e. estate
Derivation: from G2932 (κτάομαι);
KJV Usage: possession
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κτῆμα, κτηματος, τό (from κτάομαι, as χρῆμα from χράομαι), a possession: as in Greek writers, of property, lands, estates, etc., Mat_19:22; Mar_10:22; Act_2:45; Act_5:1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κτῆμα ktēma 4x
a possession, property, field, Mat_19:22 ; Mar_10:22 ; Act_2:45 ; Act_5:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κτῆμα , -τος , τό
( < κτάομαι ),
[in LXX for H3754 , etc.;]
a possession, property: Mat_19:22 , Mar_10:22 , Act_2:45 ; Act_5:1 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κτῆμα [page 362]
κτῆμα may mean a piece of landed property of any kind, a field, as in Act_5:1 (cf. 3 χωρίον ). Thus BGU II. 530 .21 (i/A.D.)(= Selections , p. 61) τὸ κτῆμα ἀγεώργητόν ἐστιν refers to an allotment that was lying neglected and untilled, while the word is frequently applied to a vineyard, e.g. P Giss I. 79 iii. 11 ( c. A.D. 117) οὗ χ [άρι ]ν̣ οὐδ [εὶ ]ς ἀθυμεῖ πωλεῖν κτῆμα , P Oxy IV. 707 .25 ( c. A.D. 136) τὰς τοῦ κτήματος καὶ πωμαρίου πλάτας , the walls (?) of the vineyard and orchard (Edd.), and with the adj. P Ryl II. 157 .4 (A.D. 135) οὐσιακ [ὸ ]ν ἀμπελικὸν κτῆμα , the domain-land vineyard (Edd.). For the plur., as in Mar_10:22 , see ib. 76 .11 (late ii/A.D.) a deposition regarding the division of certain property τὴν διαίρεσιν τῶν κτημάτων according to households and not individuals (κατ᾽ οἶκον καὶ μὴ κατὰ πρόσωπον ), and ib. I. 28 .182 (iv/A.D.) δεσπότης ἔσται πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν καὶ κτημάτων , he will be master of many blessings and possessions. The dim. κτημάτιον may be illustrated from P Tebt II. 616 (ii/A.D.) ἐπιμέλεσθαι τ [οῦ ] κτηματίου τῶν καθηκόντων ἔργων , and the collective κτῆσις from P Ryl II. 145 .7 (A.D. 38) ζυτοποιὸς τῆς κτήσεως , a brewer on the estate. For the adj. κτηματικός cf. P Oxy I. 136 .18 (A.D. 583) γεωργῶν́ κτηματικῶν τε καὶ κωμητικῶν καὶ ἐξωτικῶν , labourers both on the estate and in the villages and adjacent property (Edd.), and for the word κτηματώνης , the purchaser of an article, which is confined to the inscrr., see Deissmann BS p. 147.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κτῆμα κτῆμα, ατος, τό, [Etym: κτάομαι] "anything gotten, a piece of property, a possession", Od. , attic:—of a slave, παλαιὸν οἴκων κτ. Eur. in pl. "possessions, property, wealth", Hom. ; ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις who fallest on "wealth", i. e. "on the wealthy", Soph.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κτῆμα, -τος, τό
(κτάομαι), [in LXX for כֶּרֶם, etc. ;]
a possession, property: Mat.19:22, Mrk.10:22, Act.2:45 5:1.†
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