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Lexicon :: Strong's G4238 - prassō

Aa
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 39 times in 37 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:13 - And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23 - Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:23 - And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:15 - And Herod is of the same opinion, for he has sent him back to us; for, you see, he has done nothing for which I might put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:41 - And with reason; for we have the right reward of our acts, but this man has done nothing wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:20 - The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:29 - And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:17 - And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:35 - And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29 - To keep from things offered to false gods, and from blood, and from things put to death in ways which are against the law, and from the evil desires of the body; if you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. May you be happy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7 - Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - And a great number of those who were experts in strange arts took their books and put them on the fire in front of everyone: and when the books were valued they came to fifty thousand bits of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:36 - So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:25 - But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:9 - For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - But I went about, first to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, and through all the country of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, preaching a change of heart, so that they, being turned to God, might give, in their works, the fruits of a changed heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - For the king has knowledge of these things, to whom I am talking freely; being certain that all this is common knowledge to him; for it has not been done in secret.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:31 - And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:32 - Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:1 - So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:2 - And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:3 - But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 - It is true that circumcision is of use if you keep the law, but if you go against the law it is as if you had it not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:15 - And I have no clear knowledge of what I am doing, for that which I have a mind to do, I do not, but what I have hate for, that I do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:19 - For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:11 - Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:2 - And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:17 - But if I do it gladly, I have a reward; and if not, I am under orders to do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10 - For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:21 - Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:21 - But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:9 - The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:11 - And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
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