πρᾶξις praxis · G4234
action
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)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
πρᾶξις, εως, ; Epic dialect and Ionic dialect πρῆξις, ιος, ἡ: (πράσσω):— doing, transaction, business, [πλεῖν] κατὰ πρῆξιν on a trading voyage, []; π. δ᾽ ἥδ᾽ ἰδίη, οὐ δήμιος a private, not a public affair, []; ἡ περί τινος π. the transaction respecting.., []; 2 result or issue of a business, especially good result, success, οὐ γάρ τις πρῆξις πέλεται.. γόοιο no good comes of weeping, []; λυμαίνεσθαί τινι τὴν π. to spoil one's market, []; π. φίλαν δίδοι grant a happy issue. []; ταχεῖά γ᾽ ἦλθε …
Where it's used 6 times
Matthew 16:27 · Luke 23:51 · Acts 19:18 · Romans 8:13 · Romans 12:4 · Colossians 3:9
Source: TBESG G4234; TFLSJ G4234
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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