ktaomai denotes acquiring or holding something as one’s own, from money and property to citizenship, a vessel, or life.

The attested use concerns acquiring or holding something as one’s own: material wealth and property, citizenship obtained for a sum, one’s own vessel, and lives gained through perseverance. The same broad acquisition/possession idea is also applied to what someone seeks to obtain with money.

1. Acquiring or holding something as one’s own · dominant

   Across the occurrences, the term is used for obtaining or having what is treated as one’s own: gold, silver, and copper in Matthew 10:9; a place in Acts 1:18; citizenship for a sum in Acts 22:28; and all that the speaker acquires in Luke 18:12. It also occurs with one’s own vessel in 1 Thessalonians 4:4, an attempted obtaining of God’s gift with money in Acts 8:20, and lives gained through perseverance in Luke 21:19; in these verses the APB renders the clauses with forms such as “possess,” “acquired,” “obtain,” and “gain.”

   Matthew 10:9Acts 1:18Acts 22:28Luke 18:121 Thessalonians 4:4Acts 8:20Luke 21:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its presentation across the clauses, using “possess,” “acquired,” “obtain,” “acquire,” and “gain.” These renderings indicate the verses’ broad acquisition/possession context rather than separate definitions.