{"def":{"short":"to gain (literally or figuratively)","long":["to gain, acquire, to get gain","metaphorically",["of gain arising from shunning or escaping from evil (where we say \"to spare one's self\", \"be spared\")","to gain any one i.e., to win him over to the kingdom of God, to gain one to faith in Christ","to gain Christ's favor and fellowship"]]},"deriv":"from G2771","pronun":{"ipa":"kɛrˈðɛ.no","ipa_mod":"ce̞rˈðe.now","sbl":"kerdainō","dic":"ker-THEH-noh","dic_mod":"kare-THAY-noh"},"see":["G2771"]}