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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)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 21 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28 - and not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have acted foolishly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - “Only be strong and very courageous to [fn]be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn aside from it to the right or to the left, so that you may [fn]be prosperous wherever you go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:27 -

“Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.

Hear it, and know for yourself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 -

“Have I sinned? What have I done to You,

O watcher of men?

Why have You set me as Your target,

So that I am a burden to myself?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20 -

“A [fn]mother will forget him;

The worm feasts sweetly till he is no longer remembered.

And unrighteousness will be broken like a tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 -

“I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.

My heart does not reproach any of my days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:21 -

“For His eyes are upon the ways of a man,

And He sees all his steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:6 -

“If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him?

And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 -

“Be careful, do not turn to wickedness,

For you have chosen this to affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:23 -

“Who has appointed Him His way,

And who has said, ‘You have worked out [fn]unrighteousness’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 -

Doing wickedness is like laughing to a fool,

And so is wisdom to a man of discernment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:10 -

With arrogance [fn]comes only quarreling,

But with those who receive counsel is wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:16 -

Every prudent man acts with knowledge,

But a fool spreads out folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:17 -

A quick-tempered man acts in folly,

And a man of evil schemes is hated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 -

The destruction of the wicked will drag them away,

Because they refuse to do justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:28 -

Like a city that is broken into and without a wall

Is a man without restraint over his spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 -

So is the man who deceives his neighbor,

And says, “Am I not joking?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 -

This is the way of an adulterous woman:

She eats and wipes her mouth,

And says, “I have done no wrong.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10 -

“You were tired out by the length of your road,

Yet you did not say, ‘It is hopeless.’

You found [fn]renewed strength;

Therefore you did not [fn]faint.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20 -

“Then in his place one will stand who will have an [fn]oppressor pass through the [fn]Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be broken, though not in anger nor in battle.

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