Strong's Lexicon
G4234 — πρᾶξις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4234 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πρᾶξις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G4238 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | praxis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prax`-is |
| Meaning: | 1. practice 2. (concretely) an act 3. (by extension) a function |
| KJV Renderings: | deed, office, work |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρᾶξις, πράξεως, ἡ (πράσσω), from Homer down;
a. a doing, a mode of acting; a deed, act, transaction: universally, πράξεις τῶν ἀποστόλων (Griesbach; Rec. inserts ἁγίων, L Tr WH omit τῶν, Tdf. has simply πράξεις), the doings of (i. e. things done by) the apostles, in the inscription of the Acts; singular in an ethical sense: both good and bad, Mat 16:27; in a bad sense, equivalent to wicked deed, crime, Luk 23:51; plural wicked doings (cf. our practices i. e. trickery; often so by Polybius): Act 19:18; Rom 8:13; Col 3:9; (with κακῇ added, as Ev. Nicod. 1Ἰησοῦς ἐθεράπευσε δαιμονιζομένους ἀπό πράξεων κακῶν).
b. a thing to be done, business (A. V. office) (Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 6): Rom 12:4.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πρᾶξις (deed)
Matthew 16:27
- KJV: For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels and then he shall reward every man according to his works
- GK: μέλλει γαρ ο υιός του ανθρώπου έρχεσθαι εν τη δόξη του πατρός αυτού μετά των αγγέλων αυτού και τότε αποδώσει εκάστω κατά την πράξιν αυτού
Luke 23:51
- KJV: The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them of Arimathæa a city of the Jews who also himself waited for the kingdom of God
- GK: ούτος ουκ ην συγκατατεθειμένος τη βουλή και τη πράξει αυτών από Αριμαθαίας πόλεως των Ιουδαίων ος και προσεδέχετο και αυτός την βασιλείαν του θεού
Acts 19:18
- KJV: And many that believed came and confessed and shewed their deeds
- GK: πολλοί τε των πεπιστευκότων ήρχοντο εξομολογούμενοι και αναγγέλλοντες τας πράξεις αυτών
Romans 8:13
- KJV: For if ye live after the flesh ye shall die but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body ye shall live
- GK: ει γαρ κατά σάρκα ζήτε μέλλετε αποθνήσκειν ει δε πνεύματι τας πράξεις του σώματος θανατούτε ζήσεσθε
Romans 12:4
- KJV: For as we have many members in one body and all members have not the same office
- GK: καθάπερ γαρ εν ενί σώματι μέλη πολλά έχομεν τα δε μέλη πάντα ου την αυτήν έχει πράξιν
Colossians 3:9
- KJV: Lie not one to another seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds
- GK: μη ψεύδεσθε εις αλλήλους απεκδυσάμενοι τον παλαιόν άνθρωπον συν ταις πράξεσιν αυτου
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