Strong's Lexicon
G4229 — πρᾶγμα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4229 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πρᾶγμα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G4238 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | pragma |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prag`-mah |
| Meaning: | 1. a deed 2. (by implication) an affair 3. (by extension) an object (material) |
| KJV Renderings: | business, matter, thing, work |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρᾶγμα, πράγματος, τό (πράσσω), from (Pindar), Aeschylus, Herodotus down, the Sept. chiefly for ãÈÌáÈø a. that which has been done, a deed, an accomplished fact: Luk 1:1; Act 5:4; 2Co 7:11; Heb 6:18.
b. what is doing or being accomplished: Jas 3:16; specifically, business (commercial transaction), 1Th 4:6 (so Winers Grammar, 115 (109); others refer this example to c. and render in the matter (spoken of, or conventionally understood; cf. Green, Gram., p. 26f)).
c. a matter (in question), affair: Mat 18:19; Rom 16:2; specifically, in a forensic sense, a matter at law, case, suit (Xenophon, mem. 2, 9, 1; Demosthenes, 1120, 26; Josephus, Antiquities 14, 10, 17): πρᾶγμα ἔχειν πρός τινα (A. V. having a matter against, etc.), 1Co 6:1.
d. that which is or exists, a thing: Heb 10:1; πράγματα οὐ βλεπόμενα, Heb 11:1 (see ἐλπίζω).*,
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πρᾶγμα (business)
Matthew 18:19
- KJV: Again I say unto you That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven
- GK: πάλιν αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι εάν δύο υμών συμφωνήσωσιν επί της γης περί παντός πράγματος ου εάν αιτήσωνται γενήσεται αυτοίς παρά του πατρός μου του εν ουρανοίς
Luke 1:1
- KJV: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us
- GK: επειδήπερ πολλοί επεχείρησαν ανατάξασθαι διήγησιν περί των πεπληροφορημένων εν ημίν πραγμάτων
Acts 5:4
- KJV: Whiles it remained was it not thine own and after it was sold was it not in thine own power why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart thou hast not lied unto men but unto God
- GK: ουχί μένον σοι έμενε και πραθέν εν τη ση εξουσία υπήρχε τι ότι έθου εν τη καρδία σου το πράγμα τούτο ουκ εψεύσω ανθρώποις αλλά τω θεώ
Romans 16:2
- KJV: That ye receive her in the Lord as becometh saints and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you for she hath been a succourer of many and of myself also
- GK: ίνα αυτήν προσδέξησθε εν κυρίω αξίως των αγίων και παραστήτε αυτή εν ω αν υμών χρήζη πράγματι και γαρ αύτη προστάτις πολλών εγενήθη και αυτού εμού
1 Corinthians 6:1
- KJV: Dare any of you having a matter against another go to law before the unjust and not before the saints
- GK: τολμά τις υμών πράγμα έχων προς τον έτερον κρίνεσθαι επί των αδίκων και ουχί επί των αγίων
2 Corinthians 7:11
- KJV: For behold this selfsame thing that ye sorrowed after a godly sort what carefulness it wrought in you yea clearing of yourselves yea indignation yea fear yea vehement desire yea zeal yea revenge In all ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter
- GK: ιδού γαρ αυτό τούτο το κατά θεόν λυπηθήναι υμάς πόσην κατειργάσατο υμίν σπουδήν αλλά απολογίαν αλλά αγανάκτησιν αλλά φόβον αλλά επιπόθησιν αλλά ζήλον αλλ΄ εκδίκησιν εν παντί συνεστήσατε εαυτούς αγνούς είναι εν τω πράγματι
1 Thessalonians 4:6
- KJV: That no go beyond and defraud his brother in matter because that the Lord the avenger of all such as we also have forewarned you and testified
- GK: το μη υπερβαίνειν και πλεονεκτείν εν τω πράγματι τον αδελφόν αυτού διότι έκδικος ο κύριος περί πάντων τούτων καθώς και προείπαμεν υμίν και διεμαρτυράμεθα
Hebrews 6:18
- KJV: That by two immutable things in which impossible for God to lie we might have a strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us
- GK: ίνα διά δύο πραγμάτων αμεταθέτων εν οις αδύνατον ψεύσασθαι θεόν ισχυράν παράκλησιν έχωμεν οι καταφυγόντες κρατήσαι της προκειμένης ελπίδος
Hebrews 10:1
- KJV: For the law having a shadow of good things to come not the very image of the things can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect
- GK: σκιάν γαρ έχων ο νόμος των μελλόντων αγαθών ουκ αυτήν την εικόνα των πραγμάτων κατ΄ ενιαυτόν ταις αυταίς θυσίαις ας προσφέρουσιν εις το διηνεκές ουδέποτε δύναται τους προσερχομένους τελειώσαι
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