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The term "gotten" is an archaic past participle of "get," which appears in various contexts throughout the Bible, often signifying possession, acquisition, or receiving something. In the Berean Standard Bible , the concept of obtaining or acquiring is frequently expressed through different forms of the verb "get."

Old Testament Usage

In the Old Testament, the idea of having "gotten" something is often associated with God's provision and blessings. For instance, in Genesis 4:1 , Eve declares, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man," referring to the birth of Cain. Here, the act of "getting" a child is seen as a divine blessing and fulfillment of God's promise of progeny.

The concept of acquiring wealth or possessions is also prevalent. In Deuteronomy 8:17-18 , the Israelites are warned, "You may say in your heart, 'The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.' But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth." This passage emphasizes that all possessions and successes are ultimately "gotten" through God's provision and should be attributed to His grace rather than human effort alone.

New Testament Usage

In the New Testament, the notion of "gotten" is often linked to spiritual acquisition. For example, in John 1:16 , it is written, "From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace." Here, the grace that believers have "gotten" is a gift from the fullness of Christ, underscoring the idea that spiritual blessings are received through faith in Jesus.

The Apostle Paul frequently speaks of the spiritual riches and inheritance that believers have "gotten" through Christ. In Ephesians 1:11 , Paul writes, "In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will." This passage highlights the divine origin of the spiritual inheritance that believers have received.

Theological Implications

The concept of "gotten" in the Bible carries significant theological implications. It underscores the belief that all good things, whether material or spiritual, are ultimately gifts from God. This understanding fosters a sense of humility and gratitude among believers, as they recognize that their achievements and possessions are not solely the result of their own efforts but are blessings bestowed by God.

Furthermore, the idea of "getting" spiritual blessings through Christ emphasizes the transformative power of the Gospel. Believers are encouraged to seek and receive the spiritual riches available in Christ, which include salvation, grace, and eternal life. This perspective aligns with the broader biblical narrative of redemption and the restoration of humanity's relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

In summary, the term "gotten" in the biblical context serves as a reminder of God's providence and the spiritual blessings available to believers. It calls for a recognition of God's sovereignty in all aspects of life and encourages a posture of thankfulness and reliance on His grace.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. p.) of Get.

2. (p. p) of Get.

Greek

576. apobaino -- to step off, disembark
... Word Origin from apo and the same as basis Definition to step off, disembark NASB
Word Usage got (1), gotten (1), lead (1), turn (1). become, go out, turn. ...
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645. apospao -- to draw off, draw away
... unsheathe (a sword), or relatively (with a degree of force implied) retire (personally
or factiously) -- (with-)draw (away), after we were gotten from. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7075. qinyan -- something gotten or acquired, acquisition
... 7074, 7075. qinyan. 7076 . something gotten or acquired, acquisition.
Transliteration: qinyan Phonetic Spelling: (kin-yawn') Short Definition: goods. ...
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6233. osheq -- oppression, extortion
... 12). cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing deceitfully gotten. From ashaq;
injury, fraud, (subjectively) distress, (concretely) unjust ...
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7069. qanah -- to get, acquire
... 1), acquires (2), bought (20), buy (23), buyer (4), buying (2), buys (1), formed
(1), gain acquisition (1), gained (1), get (3), gets (1), gotten (1), owner (1 ...
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7562. resha -- wickedness
... Word Origin from the same as rasha Definition wickedness NASB Word Usage evil (2),
Ill-gotten (1), wicked (4), wicked acts (1), wickedness (23). ...
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Library

That More Might be Given and Gotten.
... Why the Results are Delayed That More Might be Given and Gotten. Now ... birth.
The answer was delayed that more might be given and gotten. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on prayer/that more might be given.htm

As Soon as I had Gotten Intelligence of This...
... Section 72. As soon as I had gotten intelligence of this? 72. As soon
as I had gotten intelligence of this, I sent two thousand ...
/.../josephus/the life of flavius josephus/section 72 as soon as.htm

How Perfect Love is Gotten by Cleanness and Love: and of Imperfect ...
... BOOK I CHAPTER XVII HOW PERFECT LOVE IS GOTTEN BY CLEANNESS AND LOVE: AND OF IMPERFECT
LOVE AND FAIRNESS, AND OF THREE MIGHTS OF GOD'S LOVE: AND OF THE RICH ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter xvii how perfect love.htm

How Cleopatra, when She had Gotten from Antony Some Parts of Judea ...
... CHAPTER 4. How Cleopatra, When She Had Gotten From Antony Some Parts Of Judea And
Arabia Came Into Judea; And How Herod Gave Her Many Presents And Conducted ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 4 how cleopatra when.htm

Whether one May Give Alms Out of Ill-Gotten Goods?
... OF ALMSDEEDS (TEN ARTICLES) Whether one may give alms out of ill-gotten goods?
Objection 1: It would seem that one may give alms out of ill-gotten goods. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether one may give alms.htm

Of Fairness of Mind: Vanity of the World: Love of God: and Union ...
... BOOK I CHAPTER XIX OF FAIRNESS OF MIND: VANITY OF THE WORLD: LOVE OF GOD: AND UNION
WITH OUR NEIGHBOUR: AND WHETHER PERFECT LOVE CAN BE LOST AND GOTTEN IN THIS ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter xix of fairness of.htm

The Cruelty of the Idumeans when they were Gotten into the Temple ...
... CHAPTER V. The Cruelty Of The Idumeans When They Were Gotten Into The Temple
During The Storm; And Of The Zealots. Concerning The ...
/.../chapter v the cruelty of.htm

Whether a Man is Bound to Restore Whatever Profits He Has Made Out ...
... (E) BY SINS COMMITTED IN LOANS (Q ) Whether a man is bound to restore whatever
profits he has made out of money gotten by usury? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a man is bound 5.htm

That Lovers of God Shall Deem with Him: and of the Love of ...
... BOOK I CHAPTER XI THAT LOVERS OF GOD SHALL DEEM WITH HIM: AND OF THE LOVE OF KNOWLEDGE
GOTTEN BY LABOUR, AND OF GOD: AND THAT A TRUE LOVER ERRS NOT, NOR IS ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter xi that lovers of.htm

How Abram Fought with the Assyrians, and Overcame Them, and Saved ...
... CHAPTER 10. How Abram Fought With The Assyrians, And Overcame Them, And Saved The
Sodomite Prisoners, And Took From The Assyrians The Prey They Had Gotten. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 how abram fought.htm

Thesaurus

Gotten (38 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (pp) of Get. 2. (p. p) of Get. Multi-Version
Concordance Gotten (38 Occurrences). Matthew 15:5 But you ...
/g/gotten.htm - 18k

Ill-gotten (4 Occurrences)
Ill-gotten. Ill-founded, Ill-gotten. Illicit . Multi-Version Concordance
Ill-gotten (4 Occurrences). Proverbs 10:2 Wealth ...
/i/ill-gotten.htm - 7k

Acquired (32 Occurrences)
... Revelation 3:17 Because you say,'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need
of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor ...
/a/acquired.htm - 16k

Gained (66 Occurrences)
... Matthew 15:5 But you say,'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help
you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," (See RSV ...
/g/gained.htm - 25k

Eve (5 Occurrences)
... fruit, which she gave also unto her husband (1 Timothy 2:13-15; 2 Corinthians
11:3). When she gave birth to her first son, she said, "I have gotten a man from ...
/e/eve.htm - 16k

Extortion (14 Occurrences)
... to him. The element of covetousness and usury is involved in the meaning
of this word; for it is greedily gotten gain. The publicans ...
/e/extortion.htm - 12k

Padanaram (10 Occurrences)
... Genesis 31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had
gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go ...
/p/padanaram.htm - 9k

Amassed (4 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Ezekiel 28:4 by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten
yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures; (See NIV) ...
/a/amassed.htm - 7k

Goods (231 Occurrences)
... existence," "substance") in Acts 2:45; plouteo ("to be rich") in Revelation 3:17,
the Revised Version (British and American) "have gotten riches." In the ...
/g/goods.htm - 43k

Discernment (43 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 28:4 by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches,
and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures; (See JPS). ...
/d/discernment.htm - 18k

Resources

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Concordance

Gotten (38 Occurrences)

Matthew 15:5
But you say,'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
(WEB)

Luke 5:2
He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.
(See NAS)

Acts 21:1
And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
(KJV)

Acts 27:21
When they had been long without food, Paul stood up in the middle of them, and said, "Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and have gotten this injury and loss.
(WEB ASV)

1 John 5:4
For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, 'even' our faith.
(Root in ASV DBY YLT)

Revelation 3:17
Because you say,'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
(WEB ASV)

Revelation 15:2
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
(KJV)

Genesis 4:1
The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man with Yahweh's help."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother's son, all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls whom they had gotten in Haran, and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan. Into the land of Canaan they came.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Genesis 31:1
He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's. From that which was our father's, has he gotten all this wealth."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

Genesis 31:18
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
(KJV)

Genesis 46:6
They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt-Jacob, and all his seed with him,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

Exodus 14:18
The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Exodus 15:16
Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.
(See JPS)

Leviticus 6:4
then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

Leviticus 22:25
Neither shall you offer the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner of any of these; because their corruption is in them. There is a blemish in them. They shall not be accepted for you.'"
(See RSV)

Numbers 31:50
We have brought Yahweh's offering, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

Deuteronomy 8:17
and lest you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:6
Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
(See JPS)

2 Samuel 17:13
Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
(KJV ASV)

Job 20:18
That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Job 28:15
It can't be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for its price.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV RSV)

Job 31:25
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY RSV)

Psalms 44:10
You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
(See RSV)

Psalms 74:2
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast gotten of old, Which thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
(ASV JPS RSV)

Psalms 78:54
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, To this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.
(ASV JPS)

Psalms 98:1
O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
(KJV WBS RSV)

Proverbs 13:11
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Proverbs 28:16
A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.
(WEB NIV)

Ecclesiastes 1:16
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
(KJV JPS ASV)

Isaiah 15:7
Therefore they will carry away the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have stored up, over the brook of the willows.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Isaiah 26:15
Thou hast increased the nation, O Jehovah, thou hast increased the nation; thou art glorified; thou hast enlarged all the borders of the land.
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 13:4
Take the girdle that thou hast bought, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 48:36
Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Ezekiel 28:4
by your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY RSV)

Ezekiel 38:12
to take the spoil and to take the prey; to turn your hand against the waste places that are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered out of the nations, who have gotten livestock and goods, who dwell in the middle of the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Daniel 9:15
Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten yourself renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

Subtopics

Gotten

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