πράκτωρ praktōr · G4233

bailiff

πράκτωρ, -ορος, ὁ; (πράσσω), [in LXX: Isa.3:12 (נָגַשׁ) * ; ] ; 1. (poët.) one who does or accomplishes. ; 2. In Athens, one who exacts payment, a collector; hence, generally (frequently in π., see Deiss., BS, 154), a court officer: Luk.12:58.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

πράκ-τωρ, ορος, ὁ, ; ={πρακτήρ}, one who does or executes, accomplisher, Ζεὺς ὅτου π. φανῇ []; with feminine substantive, Κύπρις.. τῶνδ᾽ ἐφάνη π. []; II official who executes a judgment for debt, especially public debt, bailiff, []; τῶν ξενικῶν []; II.2 collector of taxes, π. βαλανήου “Ostr.” in Wilcken Grundzüge []; π. ἀργυρικῶν []; π. σιτικῶν []; II.3 in Poets, one who exacts punishment, avenger, []: as adjective, with a feminine substantive, avenging, σὺν δορὶ καὶ χερὶ πράκτορι []

Where it's used 2 times

Luke 12:58 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G4233; TFLSJ G4233

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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