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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 BoxJob 5:27 - Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O thou that understandest the mind of men? why hast thou made me as thine accuser, and why am I a burden to thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20 - Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapour of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 - but keeping fast to my righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:21 - For he surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:6 - If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou do? and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou hast made choice because of poverty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:23 - And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, He has wrought injustice?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 - A fool does mischief in [fn]sport; but wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:10 - A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:16 - Every prudent man acts with knowledge: but the fool displays his own mischief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:17 - A passionate man acts inconsiderately; but a sensible man bears up under many things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:7 - Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:28 - As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is unfortified, so is a man who does anything without counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 - Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing [fn] amiss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10 - Thou hast wearied thyself with thy many ways; yet thou saidst not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for thou hast done these things; therefore thou hast not supplicated me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:20 - And there shall arise out of his root one that shall cause a plant of the kingdom to pass over his place, earning kingly glory: and yet in those days shall he be broken, yet not openly, nor in war.
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