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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 21 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28 - You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:27 - “We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20 - The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; the wicked are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 - I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:21 - “His eyes are on the ways of mortals; he sees their every step.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:6 - If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:23 - Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 - A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:10 - Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:16 - All who are prudent act with[fn] knowledge, but fools expose their folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:17 - A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and the one who devises evil schemes is hated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 - The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:28 - Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 - “This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10 - You wearied yourself by such going about, but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’ You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20 - “His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor. In a few years, however, he will be destroyed, yet not in anger or in battle.
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