4234. praxis
Strong's Concordance
praxis: a deed, function
Original Word: πρᾶξις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: praxis
Phonetic Spelling: (prax'-is)
Short Definition: an action, deeds, function
Definition: (a) a doing, action, mode of action; plur: deeds, acts, (b) function, business.
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Cognate: 4234 práksis – "a function, implying sustained activity and/or responsibility" (L & N, 1, 42.5). See 4238 (prássō).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4234: πρᾶξις

πρᾶξις, πράξεως, (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, Matthew 16:27; in a bad sense, equivalent to wicked deed, crime, Luke 23:51; plural wicked doings (cf. our practices i. e. trickery; often so by Polybius): Acts 19:18; Romans 8:13; Colossians 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): Romans 12:4.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
deed, office, work.

From prasso; practice, i.e. (concretely) an act; by extension, a function -- deed, office, work.

see GREEK prasso

Forms and Transliterations
πραξει πράξει πραξεις πράξεις πραξεσιν πράξεσιν πραξιν πράξιν πρᾶξιν praxei práxei praxeis práxeis praxesin práxesin praxin prâxin
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6 Occurrences


πράξει — 1 Occ.
πράξεις — 2 Occ.
πράξεσιν — 1 Occ.
πρᾶξιν — 2 Occ.

Matthew 16:27 N-AFS
GRK: κατὰ τὴν πρᾶξιν αὐτοῦ
NAS: EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS.
KJV: according to his works.
INT: according to the deeds of him

Luke 23:51 N-DFS
GRK: καὶ τῇ πράξει αὐτῶν ἀπὸ
NAS: to their plan and action), [a man] from Arimathea,
KJV: and deed of them;)
INT: and the deed of them from

Acts 19:18 N-AFP
GRK: ἀναγγέλλοντες τὰς πράξεις αὐτῶν
NAS: and disclosing their practices.
KJV: shewed their deeds.
INT: declaring the deeds of them

Romans 8:13 N-AFP
GRK: πνεύματι τὰς πράξεις τοῦ σώματος
NAS: you are putting to death the deeds of the body,
KJV: do mortify the deeds of the body,
INT: by [the] Spirit the deeds of the body

Romans 12:4 N-AFS
GRK: αὐτὴν ἔχει πρᾶξιν
NAS: do not have the same function,
KJV: not the same office:
INT: same have function

Colossians 3:9 N-DFP
GRK: σὺν ταῖς πράξεσιν αὐτοῦ
NAS: self with its [evil] practices,
KJV: with his deeds;
INT: with the practices of him

6 Occurrences

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