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Lexicon :: Strong's G4229 - pragma

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πρᾶγμα
Transliteration
pragma (Key)
Pronunciation
prag'-mah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:638,927

Strong’s Definitions

πρᾶγμα prâgma, prag'-mah; from G4238; a deed; by implication, an affair; by extension, an object (material):—business, matter, thing, work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G4229 in the following manner: thing (6x), matter (3x), business (1x), work (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G4229 in the following manner: thing (6x), matter (3x), business (1x), work (1x).

  1. that which has been done, a deed, an accomplished fact

  2. what is done or being accomplished

    1. spec. business, a commercial transaction

  3. a matter, question, affair

    1. spec. in a forensic sense, a matter at law, case, suit

  4. that which is or exists, a thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πρᾶγμα prâgma, prag'-mah; from G4238; a deed; by implication, an affair; by extension, an object (material):—business, matter, thing, work.
STRONGS G4229:
πρᾶγμα, πράγματος, τό (πράσσω), from (Pindar), Aeschylus, Herodotus down, the Sept. chiefly for דָּבָר
a. that which has been done, a deed, an accomplished fact: Luke 1:1; Acts 5:4; 2 Corinthians 7:11; Hebrews 6:18.
b. what is doing or being accomplished: James 3:16; specifically, business (commercial transaction), 1 Thessalonians 4:6 (so Winers Grammar, 115 (109); others refer this example to c. and render in the matter (spoken of, or conventionally understood; cf. Green, Gram., p. 26f)).
c. a matter (in question), affair: Matthew 18:19; Romans 16:2; specifically, in a forensic sense, a matter at law, case, suit (Xenophon, mem. 2, 9, 1; Demosthenes, 1120, 26; Josephus, Antiquities 14, 10, 17): πρᾶγμα ἔχειν πρός τινα (A. V. having a matter against, etc.), 1 Corinthians 6:1.
d. that which is or exists, a thing: Hebrews 10:1; πράγματα οὐ βλεπόμενα, Hebrews 11:1 (see ἐλπίζω).*,
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
18:19
Luke
1:1
Acts
5:4
Romans
16:2
1 Corinthians
6:1
2 Corinthians
7:11
1 Thessalonians
4:6
Hebrews
6:18; 10:1; 11:1
James
3:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4229 matches the Greek πρᾶγμα (pragma),
which occurs 47 times in 46 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:22 - Hasten therefore to escape thither, for I shall not be able to do anything until thou art come thither; therefore he called the name of that city, Segor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:26 - And Abimelech said to him, I know not who has done this thing to thee, neither didst thou tell it me, neither heard I it but only to-day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:15 - And Joseph said to them, What is this thing that ye have done? know ye not that a man such as I can surely divine?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18 - And the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, Why is it that ye have done this thing, and saved the male children alive?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - That soul which shall touch any unclean thing, or carcase, or that which is unclean being taken of beasts, or the dead bodies of abominable reptiles which are unclean, or carcases of unclean cattle,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:5 - (LXX 5:24) of any kind, about which he swore unjustly, he shall even restore it in full; and he shall add to it a fifth part besides; he shall restore it to him whose it is in the day in which he happens to be convicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - And whatsoever soul shall touch any unclean thing, either of the uncleanness of a man, or of unclean quadrupeds, or any unclean abominable thing, and shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering, which is the Lord's, that soul shall perish from his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:19 - And the children of Israel say to him, We will pass by the mountain; and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, I will pay thee: but it is no matter of importance, we will go by the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:8 - And he said to them, Tarry here the night, and I will answer you the things which the Lord shall say to me; and the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:23 - every thing that shall pass through the fire shall so be clean, nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of sanctification; and whatsoever will not pass through the fire shall pass through water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:10 - And thou shalt act according to the thing which they shall report to thee out of the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, and thou shalt observe to do all whatsoever shall have been by law appointed to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:26 - And the damsel has not committed a sin worthy of death; as if a man should rise up against his neighbour, and slay [fn]him, so is this thing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:14 - (LXX 23:15) Because the Lord thy God walks in thy camp to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemy before thy face; and thy camp shall be holy, and there shall not appear in thee a disgraceful thing, and so he [fn]shall turn away from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:19 - (LXX 23:20) Thou shalt not lend to thy brother on usury of silver, or usury of meat, or usury of any thing which thou mayest lend out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:1 - And if any one should take a wife, and should dwell with her, then it shall come to pass if she should not have found favour before him, because he has found some unbecoming thing in her, that he shall write for her a [fn]bill of divorcement, and give it into her hands, and he shall send her away out of his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:5 - And if any one should have recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any thing be laid upon him; he shall be [fn]free in his house; for one year he shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:24 - And they answered Joshua, saying, It was reported to us what the Lord thy God charged his servant Moses, to give you this land, and to destroy us and all that dwelt on it from before you; and we feared very much for our lives [fn]because of you, and therefore we did this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:29 - And a man said to his neighbour, Who has done this thing? and they enquired and searched, and learnt that Gedeon the son of Joas had done this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - Yet is there straw and food for our asses, and bread and wine for me and my handmaid and the young man with thy servants; there is no want of anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:27 - And this was the occasion [fn]of his lifting up his hands against king Solomon: now king Solomon built the citadel, he completed the fortification of the city of David his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:7 - And there was evil in the sight of the Lord respecting this thing; and he smote Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:8 - And David said to God, I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done this thing: and now, I pray thee, remove the sin of thy servant; for I have been exceedingly foolish.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:19 - And the porters stood at the gates of the house of the Lord, that no one unclean in any respect should enter in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:4 - And let the woman who shall please the king be queen instead of Astin. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - And the business was hastened, and that at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - And the king said, Who is this that has dared to do this thing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - There was a certain man in the land of Ausis, whose name was Job; and that man was true, blameless, righteous, and godly, abstaining from everything evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - And the Lord said to him, Hast thou diligently considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a man blameless, true, godly, abstaining from everything evil?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:3 - (LXX 63:4) who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:6 - (LXX 90:6) nor of the evil [fn]thing that walks in darkness; nor of calamity, and the evil spirit at noon-day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:3 - (LXX 100:3) I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful thing; I have hated transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:13 - A double-tongued man discloses the secret counsels of an assembly: but he that is [fn]faithful in spirit conceals matters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:13 - He that slights a matter shall be slighted of it: but he that fears the commandment has health of soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:20 - He who is skilful in business finds good: but he that trusts in God is most blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:2 - The glory of God conceals a matter: but the glory of a king honours business.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:1 - To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: for there is a time there for every action and for every work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 - (LXX 5:7) If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for there is a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:6 - For to every thing there is time and judgment; for the knowledge of a man is great to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:1 - O Lord God, I will glorify thee, I will sing to thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even an ancient and faithful counsel. So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22 - Therefore do not ye rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16 - (LXX 47:16) But Godolias said to Joanan, Do not the thing, for thou speakest lies concerning Ismael.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:4 - (LXX 51:4) Yet I sent to you my servants the prophets early in the morning, and I sent, saying, Do not ye this abominable thing which I hate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - (LXX 51:22) And the Lord could no longer bear you, because of the wickedness of your doings, and because of your abominations which ye wrought; and so your land became a desolation and a waste, and a curse, as at this day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17 - (LXX 6:18) And they brought a stone, and put it on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles; that the case might not be altered with regard to Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:7 - For the Lord God will do nothing, without revealing instruction to his servants the prophets.
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