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.

πρᾶξις praxis 6x operation, business, office, Rom_12:4 ; πρᾶξις , and πράξεις , actions, mode of acting, ways, deeds, practice, behavior, Mat_16:27 ; Luk_23:51

πρᾶξις , -εως , ἡ ( < πράσσω ), [in LXX : 2Ch_13:22 ; 2Ch_27:7 ; 2Ch_28:26 ( H1870 ), Job_24:5 A ( H6467 ), Pro_13:13 , Wis_9:11 , al. ;] 1. a doing, deed, act: Mat_16:27 ; pl ., Papyri ἀποσπτόλων , Ac, title,; in late writers especially of wicked deeds or practices ( freq . in Polyb .): Luk_23:51 ; p1 ., Rom_8:13 , Col_3:9 ; with ref. to magic ( v. BS , 3235), Act_19:18 . 2. an acting, action, business, function: Rom_12:4 .†

πρᾶξις [page 533] For the concrete plur. doings, deeds, cf. the mantic P Ryl I. 28 .121 (iv/A.D.) where it is decreed that, if both a woman s legs quiver, δηλοῖ πράξεις καὶ ἀποδημίας , it denotes great achievements and travel. With the title πράξεις (πρᾶξις D) ἀποστόλων (B) for our NT book, we may compare the title of the Res gestae Divi Augusti Cagnat III. 159, μεθηρμηνευμέναι ὑπεγράφησαν πράξεις τε καὶ δωρεαὶ Σεβαστοῦ Θεοῦ . The Greek text of a iii/A.D. Coptic spell from the great Paris magical papyrus, P Par 574 (= Selections , p. 113), is headed .1227 πρᾶξις γενναία ἐκβάλλουσα δαίμονας , a notable spell for driving out demons : cf. Act_19:18 . Πρᾶξις is common in the papyri in the legal sense of right of execution : e.g. P Eleph 1 .12 (B.C. 311 10) (= Selections , p. 3) ἡ δὲ πρᾶξις ἔστω καθάπερ ἐγ δίκης κατὰ νόμον τέλος ἐχούσης , and let the right of execution be as if a formal decree of the court had been obtained, and P Oxy II. 278 .23 (A.D. 17) τῆς πράξεως [ο ]ὔσης [τ ]ῶι Ἰσιδώρωι ἔκ τε τοῦ μεμισθωμένου κα [ὶ ] ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῶι πάντων , Isidorus having the right of execution upon both the person and all the property of the lessee (Edd.), and ib. VI. 905 .14 (A.D. 170) (= Selections , p. 87). The adj. πράξιμος , which occurs in Polyb. xxi. 43. 17, is found in P Giss I. 48 .19 (A.D. 202 3) ἐν πραξίμ̣[οις ] ἡγηθῆναι .

πρᾶξις πρᾶξις, εως, [Etym: πράσσω] "a doing, transaction, business", πλεῖν κατὰ πρῆξιν "on a trading voyage", Od. ; πρῆξις δ᾽ ἥδ᾽ ἰδίη, οὐ δήμιος a private, not a public "affair", id=Od. "the result or issue of a business", οὐ γάρ τις πρ. πέλεται γόοιο no "good" comes of weeping, Il. ; so, ὄυ τις πρ. ἐγίγνετο μυρομένοισιν Od. ; πρ. οὐρίαν θέλων Aesch. ; χρησμῶν πρ. their "issue", id=Aesch. "an acting, transacting, doing", κακότητος Theogn. ; πρ. πολεμική, ποιητική, πολιτική Plat. :— "action", opp. to πάθος, id=Plat. ; ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι "in actual life", id=Plat. "action, exercise", χειρῶν, σκελῶν id=Plat. "an action, act", Soph. , etc. like τὸ εὖ or κακῶς πράσσειν, "a doing" well or ill, "faring" so and so, one's "fortune, state, condition", Hdt. , Aesch. , etc. "practical ability, dexterity", Polyb. :— also, "practice, trickery", id=Polyb. "the exaction of money, recovery of outstanding debts or arrears", πρ. συμβολαίων Plat. , Dem. :—hence, "the exaction of vengeance, retribution", Eur. in pl. "public or political life", Dem.

πρᾶξις, -εως, ἡ (πράσσω), [in LXX: 2Ch.13:22 27:7 28:26 (דֶּרֶךְ), Job.24:5 A (פֹּעַל), Pro.13:13, Wis.9:11, al. ;] __1. a doing, deed, act: Mat.16:27; pl., π. ἀποσπτόλων, Ac, title; in late writers especially of wicked deeds or practices (frequently in Polyb.): Luk.23:51; p1., Rom.8:13, Col.3:9; with ref. to magic (see BS, 3235), Act.19:18. __2. an acting, action, business, function: Rom.12:4.† (AS)