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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 - And he said G3004 to them, “[fn]Collect G4238 no G3367 more G4183 than G3844 what you have been ordered G1299 to.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23 - ‘And so why G1223 G5101 did you not put G1325 my money G694 in the bank G5132, and when I came G2064 back, I would have collected G4238 it with interest G5110?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:23 - And they began G757 to debate G4802 among G4314 themselves G1438 which G5101 one of them it was who was G3195 going G3195 to G3195 do G4238 this G3778.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:15 - “No G235, nor G3761 has Herod G2264, for he sent G375 Him back G375 to us; and behold G2400, nothing G3762 deserving G514 death G2288 has been G1510 done G4238 by Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:41 - “And we indeed G3303 are suffering justly G1346, for we are receiving G618 [fn]what G3739 we deserve G514 for our crimes G3739 G4238; but this G3778 Man G3778 has done G4238 nothing G3762 wrong G824.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:20 - “For everyone G3956 who does G4238 evil G5337 hates G3404 the Light G5457, and does not come G2064 to the Light G5457, so G2443 that G2443 his deeds G2041 will not be exposed G1651.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:29 - and will come G1607 out G1607: those G3588 who did G4160 the good G18 deeds to a resurrection G386 of life G2222, those G3588 who committed G4238 the bad G5337 deeds to a resurrection G386 of judgment G2920.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:17 -

“And now G3568, brothers G80, I know G6063 that you acted G4238 in ignorance G52, just G5618 as your rulers G758 also G2532 did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:35 - And he said G3004 to them, “Men G435 of Israel G2475, be G4337 careful G4337 G1438 as to what G5101 you are G3195 about G3195 to G3195 do G4238 with these G3778 men G444.

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that you abstain G568 from things G1494 sacrificed G1494 to G1494 idols G1494, from blood G129, from things G4156 strangled G4156, and from acts of sexual G4202 immorality G4202; [fn]if you keep G1301 yourselves G1438 free G1301 from such G3739 things G3739, you will do G4238 well G2095. Farewell G4517.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - But Paul G3972 called G5455 out G5455 with a loud G3173 voice G5456, saying G3004, “Do G4238 not harm G2556 yourself G4572, for we are all G537 here G1759!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7 - [fn]and Jason G2394 has welcomed G5264 them, and they all G3956 act G4238 contrary G561 to the decrees G1378 of Caesar G2541, saying G3004 that there is another G2087 king G935, Jesus G2424.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - And many G2425 of those G3588 who practiced G4238 magic G4021 brought G4851 their books G976 together G4851 and began burning G2618 them in G1799 the G1799 sight G1799 of G1799 everyone G3956; and they added G4860 up G4860 the prices G5092 of [fn]the books and found G2147 it to be fifty G3461 G4002 thousand G3461 [fn]pieces of silver G694.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:36 - “So G3767, since these G3778 are undeniable G368 facts, you ought G1163 to keep G5225 calm G2687 and to do G4238 nothing G3367 rash G4312.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - “If G1487, therefore G3767, I am G91 in G91 the G91 wrong G91 and have committed G4238 something G5100 deserving G514 death G2288, I am not trying G3868 to G3868 avoid G3868 execution G599; but if G1487 there is nothing G3762 to the accusations G2723 which G3739 these G3778 men G3778 are bringing G2723 against G2723 me, no G3762 one G3762 can G1410 hand G5483 me over G5483 to them. I appeal G1941 to G1941 Caesar G2541.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:25 - “But I found G2638 that he had committed G4238 nothing G3367 deserving G514 death G2288; and since he himself G846 appealed G1941 to G1941 [fn]the Emperor G4575, I decided G2919 to send G3992 him.

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“So G3767 I thought G1380 to myself G1683 that I had G1163 to act G4238 in strong G4183 opposition G1727 to the name G3686 of Jesus G2424 [fn]of Nazareth G3480.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but continually proclaimed G518 to those G3588 in Damascus G1154 first G4413, and in Jerusalem G2414, and then all G3956 the region G5561 of Judea G2449, and even to the Gentiles G1484, that they are to repent G3340 and turn G1994 to God G2316, performing G4238 deeds G2041 consistent G514 with repentance G3341.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - “For the king G935 [fn]knows G1987 about G4012 these G3778 matters, and I also G2532 speak G2980 to him with confidence G3955, since G1063 I am persuaded G3982 that none G3756 G3762 of these G3778 things G3778 escape G2990 his notice G2990; for this G3778 has not been G1510 done G4238 in a [fn]corner G1137.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:31 - and when they had gone G402 out G402, they began talking G2980 to one G240 another G240, saying G3004, “This G3778 man G444 is not doing G4238 anything G3762 deserving G514 death G2288 or G2228 [fn]imprisonment G1199.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:32 - and although they know G1921 the ordinance G1345 of God G2316, that those G3588 who practice G4238 such G5108 things G5108 are worthy G514 of death G2288, they not only G3440 do G4160 the same G846, but also G2532 approve G4909 of those G3588 who practice G4238 them.

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Therefore G1352 you have G1510 no G379 excuse G379, [fn]you foolish person G444, everyone G3956 of you who passes G2919 judgment G2919; for [fn]in that matter in which G3739 you judge G2919 someone G2087 else G2087, you condemn G2632 yourself G4572; for you who judge G2919 practice G4238 the same G846 things G846.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:2 - And we know G6063 that the judgment G2917 of God G2316 [fn]rightly G2596 G225 falls G1510 upon those G3588 who practice G4238 such G5108 things G5108.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:3 - But do you suppose G3049 this G3778, [fn]you foolish person G444 who passes G2919 judgment G2919 on G2919 those G3588 who practice G4238 such G5108 things G5108, and yet does G4160 them as well, that you will escape G1628 the judgment G2917 of God G2316?

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For indeed G3303 circumcision G4061 is G5623 of G5623 value G5623 if G1437 you practice G4238 [fn]the Law G3551; but if G1437 you are a violator G3848 [fn]of the Law G3551, your circumcision G4061 has turned G1096 into G1096 uncircumcision G203.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:15 - For I do not understand G1097 what G3739 I am doing G2716; for I am not practicing G4238 what G3739 I want G2309 to do, but I do G4160 the very G3778 thing G3739 I hate G3404.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:19 - For the good G18 that I want G2309, I do not do G4160, but I practice G4238 the very G3778 evil G2556 that I do not want G2309.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:11 - for though the twins were not yet G3380 born G1080 and had not done G4238 anything G5100 good G18 or G2228 bad G5337, so G2443 that G2443 God’s G2316 purpose G4286 according G2596 to His choice G1589 would [fn]stand G3306, not [fn]because G1537 of works G2041 but [fn]because G1537 of Him who calls G2564,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for it is a servant G1249 of God G2316 to you for good G18. But if G1437 you do G4160 what G2556 is G2556 evil G2556, be G5399 afraid G5399; for it does not bear G5409 the sword G3162 for nothing G1500; for it is a servant G1249 of God G2316, an avenger G1558 who brings wrath G3709 on the one who practices G4238 evil G2556.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:2 - [fn]You have become [fn]arrogant G5448 and [fn]have not mourned G3996 instead G3123, so G2443 that G2443 the one who had done G4238 this G3778 deed G2041 would be removed G142 from your midst G3319.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:17 - For if G1487 I do G4238 this G3778 voluntarily G1635, I have G2192 a reward G3408; but if G1487 against G210 my will G210, I have been entrusted G4100 with a commission G3622 nonetheless.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10 - For we must G1163 all G3956 appear G5319 before G1715 the judgment G968 seat G968 of Christ G5547, so G2443 that G2443 each G1538 one G1538 may receive G2865 compensation G2865 for [fn]his deeds G3588 done through the body G4983, in G4314 accordance G4314 with G4314 what G3739 he has done G4238, whether G1535 good G18 or G1535 bad G2556.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - I am afraid that when I come G2064 again G3825 my God G2316 may humiliate G5013 me before G4314 you, and I may mourn G3996 over many G4183 of those G3588 who have sinned G4258 in G4258 the G4258 past G4258 and not repented G3340 of the impurity G167, sexual G4202 immorality G4202, and indecent G766 behavior G766 which G3739 they have practiced G4238.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:21 - envy G5355, drunkenness G3178, carousing G2970, and things like G3664 these G3778, of which G3739 I forewarn G4302 you, just G2531 as G2531 I have forewarned G4280 you, that those G3588 who practice G4238 such G5108 things G5108 will not inherit G2816 the kingdom G932 of God G2316.

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Now G1161, so G2443 that G2443 you also G2532 may know G6063 about my circumstances G3588 G2596 as to [fn]what G5101 I am doing G4238, Tychicus G5190, the beloved G27 brother G80 and faithful G4103 [fn]servant G1249 in the Lord G2962, will make G1107 everything G3956 known G1107 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:9 - As for the things G3739 you have learned G3129 and received G3880 and heard G191 and seen G3708 in me, practice G4238 these G3778 things G3778, and the God G2316 of peace G1515 will be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:11 - and to make G5389 it G5389 your ambition G5389 to lead G2270 a G2270 quiet G2270 life G2270 and attend G4238 to your own G2398 business and work G2038 with your hands G5495, just G2531 as G2531 we instructed G3853 you,
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