- Original: περιποίησις - Transliteration: Peripoiesis - Phonetic: per-ee-poy'-ay-sis - Definition: 1. a preserving, a preservation 2. possession, one's own property 3. an obtaining - Origin: from G4046 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G4046 ; acquisition (the act or the thing); by extension preservation: - obtain (-ing) peculiar purchased possession saving. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • obtain, 1 1 Thessalonians 5:9 • obtaining, 1 2 Thessalonians 2:14 • peculiar, 1 1 Peter 2:9 • possession, 1 Eph 1:14 • saving, 1 Hebrews 10:39