G4238: πράσσω (prássō)

G4238 πράσσω (prássō)

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Quick Definition

πράσσω v. I do, fare, require

Strong's Definition

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)

KJV Usage: commit, deeds, do, exact, keep, require, use arts

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πράσσω (G4238)

verb | pf. πέπραχα · pf.pass. πέπραγμαι | διαπραγματεύομαι · πρᾶγμα · πράκτωρ · πρᾶξις · πρασιά · χρυσόπρασος

42.8 · Perform, Do · Do, Perform

to do, to carry out, to perform, deed to carry out some activity (with possible focus upon the procedures involved)

LUK 22:23 · LUK 23:15 · LUK 23:41 · LUK 23:41 · JHN 3:20 · JHN 5:29 · ACT 3:17 · ACT 5:35 · ACT 15:29 · ACT 16:28 · ACT 17:7 · ACT 19:19 · ACT 19:36 · ACT 25:11 · ACT 25:25 · ACT 26:9 · ACT 26:20 · ACT 26:26 · ACT 26:31 · ROM 1:32 · ROM 1:32 · ROM 2:1 · ROM 2:2 · ROM 2:3 · ROM 2:25 · ROM 7:15 · ROM 7:19 · ROM 9:11 · ROM 13:4 · 1CO 9:17 · 2CO 5:10 · 2CO 12:21 · GAL 5:21 · PHP 4:9 · 1TH 4:11

57.65 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Take, Obtain, Gain, Lose

to receive (interest), to collect (taxes) to collect what is due (normally in terms of taxes and interest), with the possible implication of extortion (as in LUK 3:13)

LUK 3:13 · LUK 19:23

90.76 · Case · Experiencer

to experience, to fare to experience events and to also engage in them

EPH 6:21

¹ This meaning of πράσσω is particularly complex because it certainly is not restricted merely to what one is actually overtly engaged in doing. At the same time one must recognize that the meaning is not merely to undergo experiences. It is this particularly complex aspect of the meaning of πράσσω which is perhaps best reflected in ‘how I am faring’ or ‘how I am making out.’

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πράσσω prassō 39x

to do, execute, perform, practise, act, transact, and of evil, to commit, Lk. 22:23; 23:15; Jn. 3:20; Acts 26:9, 20, 26, 31; to fulfil, obey, observe a law, Rom. 2:25; to do to any one, Acts 16:28; 5:35; to occupy one’s self with, be engaged in, busy one’s self about, Acts 19:19; 1 Thess. 4:11; absol. to fare, Acts 15:29; Eph. 6:21; to exact, require, collect tribute, money lent, etc., Lk. 3:13; 19:23

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

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.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πράσσω. Like the Latin ago πράσσω suggests the acting of a moral and responsible being rather than mere performance (/aczo), cf. 1 Cor 52, 917, and for the juxtaposition of the two verbs Jn 52°, Rom 7}5: see further Schmidt Lag. τε. Gr. Synonymuk, p- 294 ff. maintained. The distinction cannot, however, always be For πράσσω in connexion with employment or the transaction of business, cf. P Tebt II. 2897 (A.D. 23) where a strategus writes to an official regarding a supplementary report of tax-payments, οὕτως yap γνώσομαι πότερον ἐπὶ τόπων σε ἐάσω πράττοντά τι ἢ. . ., “for I shall thus know whether I shall leave you in employment where you are or...’ (Edd.), and the soldier’s letter to his sister P Meyer 205 (1st half iii/A.D.) γεινώσκειν σε θέλω ὅτι ἐν τῷ Alp ]orγοείτῃ πράσσω, “1 wish you to know that Iam on duty in the Arsinoite district,” and so 154, From this comes the derived sense to exact tribute or revenue (as in Lk 33%, 1933): P Petr III. 53 (p)!° (Ptol.) κα(λῶς) οὖν (ποιήσεις) συ(ντάξαι) ἤδη πρᾶξαι τοὺς ἐγγύους αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡμῖν ἀποκαταστῆστα]ι, ‘you will do well, therefore, to order that payment be exacted from his sureties and restitution made to us” (Ed.), P Tebt I. 5849 (letter of a A= 0 πραύπαθεια tax-gatherer—B.c. 111) (= Witkowski, p. 105) τοὺς δὲ a λοιποὺς κω(μο)γρ(αμματεῖς) πρᾶξαι τὰς ME, ‘and that the rest of the komogrammateis should be made to pay the 15000,” and P Ryl II. 665 (late ii/B.c.) πράσσειν τοὺς προγεγραμμένους ἀκολούθως τοῖς ὑπὸ σοῦ κεκριμένοις, ‘‘ to make the aforesaid persons pay in accordance with your decisions ’’ (Edd.). See also P Tor II. 344 (B.c. 127) with Peyron’s note. With Ac 1528, Eph 6?!, cf. P Oxy II. 29218 (c. A.D. 25) πρὸ δὲ πάντων ὑγια (ίδ νειν oe εὔχ[ο]μαι ἀβασκάντως τὰ ἄριστα πράττων, ‘before all else you have my good wishes for unbroken health and prosperity” (Edd.), 74. VIII. 1155° (A.D. 104) εὗρον τὸν ἄνθροί --ωὐπον καλῶς πράσζσδοντα τὰ μεγάλα, “1 found the man prospering in the main.” In P Oxy IV. 822 (c. A.D. 1) εὖ πράσσειν takes the place of χαίρειν as an opening greeting: in 2d. 1. 115!* (ii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 96) εὖ πράττετε isa closing greeting: cf. Plato ff. where εὖ πράττειν has the double meaning ““prosper’’ and ‘‘act rightly,” and Zpzcurvea ed. Usener p- 13117; also M. Anton, vii. 36 βασιλικὸν μὲν εὖ πράττειν, κακῶς δὲ ἀκούειν. In P Oxy VII. 10678 (iii/A.D.) οὐ καλῶς ἔπραξας μὴ ἐλθεῖν χάριν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ cov, πράσσω is practically equivalent to ποιέω (see supra). We may add the following miscellaneous exx.—P Eleph 118 (B.c. 311-10) (= Selections, p. 4) Tol pera Δημητρίας πράσσοντες ἐπεγφέρωσιν κατὰ Ἡρακλείδου, ‘let those acting with Demetria bring the charge against Heraclides,” P Oxy III. 5321 (ii/a.p.) ὅρα οὖν μὴ (cf. Mt 181°, 1 Thess 515) ἄλλως πράξῃς [[μὴ]] Kal ποιήσῃς pe πρὸς σὲ ἐλθεῖν συνζητήσοντά σοι, “᾿ mind that you do not fail and thereby cause me to come to you and dispute with you about it” (Edd.), and P Giss I. 344 (A.D. 265-6) ἀξιῶ τὰ ἀκόλουθα τοῖς γραφεῖσι πρᾶξαι.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

πράσσω (prassō) — to do/require. πράσσω, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect πρήσσω, Attic dialect πράττω (first in [Refs 5th c.BC+], Cretan dialect πράδδω [Refs]: future πράξω, Ionic dialect πρήξω: aorist ἔπραξα, Ionic dialect ἔπρηξα: perfect πέπραχα, Ionic dialect πέπρηχα, (transitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπεπράχει (ν) (transitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐπεπράγεσαν (intransitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— perfect πέπραγα Attic dialect, πέπραχα Hellenistic, accusative [Refs 5th c.BC+], but see above:—middle, future πράξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπραξαμην [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future (see.above), also πραχθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; future [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐπράχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect πέπραγμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]

I. in Epic dialect only, pass through, pass over, δὶς τόσσον ἅλα πρήσσοντες ἀπῆμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄφρα πρ. ὁδοῖο[Refs]: Grammars note that this sense is found only in present, [Refs]

II. experience certain for- tunes, fare well or ill, ὁ στόλος οὕτως ἔπρηξε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μακαρίως, εὐδαιμόνως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with neuter pronoun or adjective, εὖ π. τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. achieve, effect, accomplish, οὔ τι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κλέος ἔπραξεν won it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔπραξε δεσμόν achieved bondage, i.e. brought it on himself, [Refs]; ὕμνον π. grant power of song, [Refs]; λεόντεσσι π. φόνον do slaughter upon them,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. εἰρήνην, φιλίαν, bring it about, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. τι παρά τινος get something from.., ὧν δέονται πάντων πεπραγότες εἶεν παρὰ βασιλέως [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, attempt, plot, δήμου κατάλυσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, πέπρακται τοὖργον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἔργα τῶν πραχθέντων the facts of what took place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. absolutely, effect an object, be successful, δὸς Τηλέμαχον πρήξαντα νέεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]

III.3. of sexual intercourse, ἐπράχθη τὰ μέγιστα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

III.4. to be busy with, σὺ μὲν τὰ σαυτῆς πρᾶσσ᾽ mind your own business, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ εὖ.. οἰκοῦνται αἱ πόλεις, ὅταν τὰ αὑτῶν ἕκαστοι πράττωσι (ironical) [Refs]; μὴ τὰ αὑτῶν π. not to act their part, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.5. manage affairs, do business, act, εἰπεῖν τε καὶ πρᾶξαι [Refs]; πράττειν τὰ πολιτικὰ πράγματα, τὰ τῆς πόλεως, manage state-affairs, take part in government, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.6. generally, transact, negotiate, manage, οἱ πράξαντες πρὸς αὐτὸν τὴν λῆψιν τῆς πόλεως [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Θηβαίοις τὰ πράγματα π. manage matters for their interest, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —so in passive, τῷ Ἱπποκράτει τὰ.. πράγματα ἀπό τινων ἀνδρῶν.. ἐπράσσετο matters were negotiated with him by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but frequently absolutely, treat, negotiate, manage, act, οἱ πράσσοντες αὐτῷ [Refs]; ἐς (variant{πρὸς}) τοὺς βαρβάρους, ἐς τοὺς Εἵλωτας, [Refs]:—passive, ἐπράττετο οὐ πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους [Refs 5th c.BC+]the traitors, [Refs]:—followed by dependent clauses, πρᾶσσε καὶ τὰ ἐμὰ καὶ τὰ σὰ ὅπῃ κάλλιστα ἕξει [Refs], etc.: with accusative et infinitive, μὴ δεῦρο πλεῖν τὴν ναῦν ἔπραττεν [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III.6. b especially of secret practices and intrigues, εἴ τι μὴ ξὺν ἀργύρῳ ἐπράσσετ᾽ ἐνθένδ᾽ unless some bribery was being practised, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νῦν δ᾽ αὔτ᾽ Ἀτρεῖδαι φωτὶ παντουργῷ φρένας ἔπραξαν have jobbed them (the arms) away to a villain, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. practise, πόνῳ π. θεοδμάτους ἀρετάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]: then absolutely, act, π. ἔργῳ μὲν σθένος βουλαῖσι δὲ φρήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς πράττοντες as doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν ἔπραττεν, i. e. he took our side, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

IV.2. study, δράματα [Refs] see at {Ἀριστοφάνη; συλλογισμούς} [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐν τοῖς πραττομένοις in the poems which are now studied, made the subject of commentaries, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

V. with double accusative person et of things, πράττειν τινά τι do something to one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

VI. exact payment from one, αὐτοὺς ἑκατὸν τάλαντα ἔπρηξαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πράσσει με τόκον he makes me pay interest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὐφειλόμενον π. Δίκη [Refs 4th c.BC+]: frequently of tax-gatherers or other collectors of public debt, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόρον ἔπρησσον παρ᾽ ἑκάστων obtained or demanded from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative person, press for payment, μὴ π. τοὺς ὀφειλέτας [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; π. τινά τι ὑπέρ τινος demand from one as the price for a thing, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] exact punishment or vengeance for a murder: hence, avenge, punish, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ὑπὸ βασιλέως πεπραγμένος φόρους called on to pay up the tribute, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πραχθεὶς ὑπὸτῶνδε [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, exact for oneself, πράξασθαί τινα μισθόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀργύριον, χρήματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φόρους πράσσεσθαι ἀπό, ἐκ τῶν πόλεων, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically of exacting punishment, etc., μεγάλ᾽ ἀντ᾽ ὀλίγων ἐπράξαο [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —passive perfect and pluperfect in middle sense, εἰ μὲν ἐπεπράγμην τοῦτον τὴν δίκην if I had exacted from him the full amount, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

VII. with accusative person, πράττειν τινά deal with, finish off, euphemistic, ἔπρασσε δ᾽ ᾇπέρ νιν, ὧδε θάπτει [Refs 4th c.BC+]