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Lexicon :: Strong's G4238 - prassō

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πράσσω
Transliteration
prassō (Key)
Pronunciation
pras'-so
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A root word
mGNT
39x in 26 unique form(s) TR
38x in 26 unique form(s) LXX
21x in 14 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:632,927

Trench's Synonyms: xcvi. ποιέω, πράσσω.

Strong’s Definitions

πράσσω prássō, pras'-so; a primary verb; to "practise", i.e. perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from G4160, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute, accomplish, etc.; specially, to collect (dues), fare (personally):—commit, deeds, do, exact, keep, require, use arts.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's G4238 in the following manner: do (28x), commit (5x), exact (1x), require (1x), deed (1x), keep (1x), use arts (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's G4238 in the following manner: do (28x), commit (5x), exact (1x), require (1x), deed (1x), keep (1x), use arts (1x).

  1. to exercise, practise, to be busy with, carry on

    1. to undertake, to do

  2. to accomplish, perform

    1. to commit, perpetrate

  3. to manage public affairs, transact public business

    1. to exact tribute, revenue, debts

  4. to act

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πράσσω prássō, pras'-so; a primary verb; to "practise", i.e. perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from G4160, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute, accomplish, etc.; specially, to collect (dues), fare (personally):—commit, deeds, do, exact, keep, require, use arts.
STRONGS G4238:
πράσσω and (once viz. Acts 17:7 R G) πράττω; future πράξω; 1 aorist ἔπραξα; perfect πέπραχά; perfect passive participle πεπραγμενος; from Homer down; the Sept. several times for עָשָׂה and פָּעַל; to do, practise, effect, Latinagere (but ποιεῖν to make, Latinfacere; (see ποιέω, at the end)); i. e.:
1. to exercise, practise, be busy with, carry on: τά περίεργα, Acts 19:19; τά ἰδίᾳ, to mind one's own affairs, 1 Thessalonians 4:11 (τά ἑαυτοῦ (Sophocles Electr. 678); Xenophon, mem. 2, 9, 1; Plato, Phaedr., p. 247a.; Demosthenes, p. 150, 21; others); used of performing the duties of an office, 1 Corinthians 9:17. to undertake to do, μηδέν προπετές, Acts 19:36.
2. to accomplish, to perform: πεπραγμένον ἐστιν, has been accomplished, has taken place, Acts 26:26; εἴτε ἀγαθόν, εἴτε κακόν, 2 Corinthians 5:10; ἀγαθόν ἤ φαῦλον (κακόν), Romans 9:11 (δίκαια ἤ ἄδικα, Plato, Apology, p. 28 b.); ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα, Acts 26:20; add, Romans 7:15, 19; Philippians 4:9; μόνον, to do, i. e. keep the law, Romans 2:25; of unworthy acts, to commit, perpetrate (less frequent so in Greek writings, as πολλά καί ἀνόσια, Xenophon, symp. 8, 22; with them ποιεῖν ((see Schmidt, Syn., chapter 23, 11, 3; Liddell and Scott, under the word, B.)) is more common in reference to bad conduct; hence, τούς ἐπισταμένους μέν ἅ δεῖ πράττειν, ποιοῦντας δέ ταναντια, Xenophon, mem. 3, 9, 4), Acts 26:9; 2 Corinthians 12:21; τό ἔργον τοῦτο, this (criminal) deed, 1 Corinthians 5:2 T WH Tr marginal reading; add, Luke 22:23; Acts 3:17; Acts 5:35; Romans 7:19; τά τοιαῦτα, such nameless iniquities, Romans 1:32 (where ποιεῖν and πράσσειν are used indiscriminately (but cf. Meyer)); Romans 2:1-3; Galatians 5:21; (φαῦλα, John 3:20; John 5:29; τί ἄξιον θανάτου, Luke 23:15; Acts 25:11, 25; Acts 26:31; τό κακόν, Romans 7:19; Romans 13:4; ἄτοπον, Luke 23:41; τί τίνι κακόν, to bring evil upon one, Acts 16:28.
3. to manage public affairs, transact public business (Xenophon, Demosthenes, Plutarch); from this use has come a sense met with from Pindar, Aeschylus, Herodotus down, viz. to exact tribute, revenue, debts: Luke 3:13 (here R. V. extort); τό ἀργύριον, Luke 19:23 (soagere in Latin, cf. the commentators on Suetonius, Vesp. 1; (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 42, 1 a.)).
4. intransitive, to act (see εὖ, p. 256a): ἀπέναντι τίνος, contrary to a thing, Acts 17:7.
5. from Aeschylus and Herodotus down reflexively, me habere: τί πράσσω, how I do, the state of my affairs, Ephesians 6:21; εὖ πράξετε (see εὖ), Acts 15:29 (cf. Buttmann, 300 (258)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
3:13; 19:23; 22:23; 23:15; 23:41
John
3:20; 5:29
Acts
3:17; 5:35; 15:29; 16:28; 17:7; 17:7; 19:19; 19:36; 25:11; 25:25; 26:9; 26:20; 26:26; 26:31
Romans
1:32; 2:1; 2:2; 2:3; 2:25; 7:15; 7:19; 7:19; 7:19; 9:11; 13:4
1 Corinthians
5:2; 9:17
2 Corinthians
5:10; 12:21
Galatians
5:21
Ephesians
6:21
Philippians
4:9
1 Thessalonians
4:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4238 matches the Greek πράσσω (prassō),
which occurs 38 times in 36 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:13 - And he said to them, Take no more money than what is appointed to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23 - And why didst thou not give my money to the bank; and *I* should have received it, at my coming, with interest?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:23 - And *they* began to question together among themselves who then it could be of them who was about to do this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:15 - nor Herod either, for I remitted you to him, and behold, nothing worthy of death is done by him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:41 - and *we* indeed justly, for we receive the just recompense of what we have done; but this man has done nothing amiss.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:20 - For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:29 - and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:17 - And now, brethren, I know that ye did it in ignorance, as also your rulers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:35 - and said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as regards these men what ye are going to do;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29 - to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; keeping yourselves from which ye will do well. Farewell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm, for we are all here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7 - whom Jason has received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying, that there is another king, Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - And many of those that practised curious arts brought their books of charms and burnt them before all. And they reckoned up the prices of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:36 - These things therefore being undeniable, it is necessary that ye should be calm and do nothing headlong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - If then I have done any wrong and committed anything worthy of death, I do not deprecate dying; but if there is nothing of those things of which they accuse me, no man can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:25 - But I, having found that he had done nothing worthy of death, and this man himself having appealed to Augustus, I have decided to send him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:9 - *I* indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - for the king is informed about these things, to whom also I speak with all freedom. For I am persuaded that of these things nothing is hidden from him; for this was not done in a corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:31 - and having gone apart, they spoke to one another saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:32 - who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only practise them, but have fellow delight in those who do them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:1 - Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, every one who judgest, for in that in which thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:2 - But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon those who do such things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:3 - And thinkest thou this, O man, who judgest those that do such things, and practisest them thyself, that *thou* shalt escape the judgment of God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 - For circumcision indeed profits if thou keep the law; but if thou be a law-transgressor, thy circumcision is become uncircumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:15 - For that which I do, I do not own: for not what I will, this I do; but what I hate, this I practise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:19 - For I do not practise the good that I will; but the evil I do not will, that I do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:11 - the children indeed being not yet born, or having done anything good or worthless (that the purpose of God according to election might abide, not of works, but of him that calls),

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for it is God's minister to thee for good. But if thou practisest evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister, an avenger for wrath to him that does evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:17 - For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with an administration.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10 - For we must all be manifested before the judgment-seat of the Christ, that each may receive the things done in the body, according to those he has done, whether it be good or evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - lest my God should humble me as to you when I come again, and that I shall grieve over many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented as to the uncleanness and fornication and licentiousness which they have practised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:21 - envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:21 - But in order that *ye* also may know what concerns me, how I am getting on, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make all things known to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:9 - What ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these things do; and the God of peace shall be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:11 - and to seek earnestly to be quiet and mind your own affairs, and work with your own hands, even as we charged you,
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