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Strong's G4238 · Greek

πράσσω

prasso · pras'-so

a primary verb; to "practise", i.e. perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from 4160, which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute, accomplish, etc.; specially, to collect (dues), fare (personally)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πράσσω (G4238)

39 πράσσω , (Att. -ττω , and so Ac 17:7 Rec.; cf. M, Pr. , 25, 45), [in LXX chiefly for עשׂה , פָּעַל ;] = Lat agere , as ποιέω (q.v.) = facere , to do , practise , be engaged in : Ac 19:19 , 36 , I Co 9:17 ; τ. ἴδια π. , to mind one's own business ( τὰ ἑαυτοῦ , Soph., Plat.), I Th 4:11 ; intrans., to act , Ac 17:7 . to achieve , effect , accomplish , perform : Ac 26:20 , 26 , Ro 7:15 9:11 , II Co 5:10 , Phl 4:9 ; νόμον ( ICC , in l.), Ro 2:25 ; of unworthy acts (for wh. usually ποιέω in cl.), to commit , do : Lk 22:23 23:41 , Jo 3:20 5:29 , Ac 3:17 5:35 16:28 25:11 , 25 26:9 , 31 , Ro 1:32 ( ICC , in l.), 2:1-3 7:19 13:4 , I Co 5:2 , II Co 12:21 , Ga 5:21 . to transact , manage , hence, of payment, to exact (cl.): Lk 3:13 19:23 . Reflexively, of state or condition, to do or fare (Æsch., Hdt., al.): Eph 6:21 ; εὖ π. (v. M, Pr. , 228 f.), Ac 15:29 .† SYN. : v.s. ποιέω .

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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