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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 39 times in 37 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:13 - He told them, "Collect no more than you are required to."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:23 - Why then didn't you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:23 - So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:15 - Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:41 - And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:20 - For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:29 - and will come out - the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:17 - And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:35 - Then he said to the council, "Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29 - that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:28 - But Paul called out loudly, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7 - and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar's decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:19 - Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:36 - So because these facts are indisputable, you must keep quiet and not do anything reckless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - If then I am in the wrong and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, but if not one of their charges against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:25 - But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:9 - Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:31 - and as they were leaving they said to one another, "This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment."

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 1:32 - Although they fully know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:1 - Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:2 - Now we know that God's judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:3 - And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God's judgment?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:25 - For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:15 - For I don't understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want - instead, I do what I hate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 7:19 - For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want!

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:11 - even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) -

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for it is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God's servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:2 - And you are proud! Shouldn't you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:17 - For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - I am afraid that when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:21 - envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:21 - Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, how I am doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:9 - And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:11 - to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.
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