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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 unto them, 'Exact no more than that directed you.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23 - and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:23 - And they began to reason among themselves, who then of them it may be, who is about to do this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:15 - no, nor yet Herod, for I sent you back unto him, and lo, nothing worthy of death is having been done by him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:41 - and we indeed righteously, for things worthy of what we did we receive back, but this one did nothing out of place;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:20 - for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:29 - and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:17 - 'And now, brethren, I have known that through ignorance ye did it, as also your rulers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:35 - and said unto them, 'Men, Israelites, take heed to yourselves about these men, what ye are about to do,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29 - to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - and Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Thou mayest not do thyself any harm, for we are all here.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7 - whom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king -- Jesus.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - and many of those who had practised the curious arts, having brought the books together, were burning them before all; and they reckoned together the prices of them, and found it five myriads of silverlings;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:36 - these things, then, not being to be gainsaid, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - for if indeed I am unrighteous, and anything worthy of death have done, I deprecate not to die; and if there is none of the things of which these accuse me, no one is able to make a favour of me to them; to Caesar I appeal!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:25 - and I, having found him to have done nothing worthy of death, and he also himself having appealed to Sebastus, I decided to send him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:9 - 'I, indeed, therefore, thought with myself, that against the name of Jesus of Nazareth it behoved me many things to do,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:31 - and having withdrawn, they were speaking unto one another, saying -- 'This man doth nothing worthy of death or of bonds;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:32 - who the righteous judgment of God having known -- that those practising such things are worthy of death -- not only do them, but also have delight with those practising 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 is judging -- for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:2 - and we have known that the judgment of God is according to truth, upon those practising such things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:3 - And dost thou think this, O man, who art judging those who such things are practising, and art doing them, 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, doth profit, if law thou mayest practise, but if a transgressor of law thou mayest be, thy circumcision hath become uncircumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 7:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:11 - (for they being not yet born, neither having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to choice, might remain; not of works, but of Him who is calling,) it was said to her --

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:17 - for if willing I do this, I have a reward; and if unwillingly -- with a stewardship I have been entrusted!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10 - for all of us it behoveth to be manifested before the tribunal of the Christ, that each one may receive the things done through the body, in reference to the things that he did, whether good or evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - lest again having come, my God may humble me in regard to you, and I may bewail many of those having sinned before, and not having reformed concerning the uncleanness, and whoredom, and lasciviousness, that they did practise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:21 - envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:21 - And that ye may know -- ye also -- the things concerning me -- what I do, all things make known to you shall Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful ministrant in the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:9 - the things that also ye did learn, and receive, and hear, and saw in me, those do, and the God of the peace shall be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:11 - and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,
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