Lexicon / G4238
πράσσω
prassō
  • to do/require
  • to do
  • practise
  • be engaged in
  • to mind one's own business
  • to act

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: to do/require

πράσσω

(Att.. -ττω, and so Act.17:7 Rec.; cf. M, Pr. 25, 45), [in LXX chiefly for עָשָׂה, פָּעַל ;]

= Lat agere, as ποιέω (which see) = facere,

__1. to do, practise, be engaged in: Act.19:19, 36, 1Co.9:17; τ. ἴδια π. to mind one's own business (τὰ ἑαυτοῦ, Soph. Plat.), 1Th.4:11; intrans. to act, Act.17:7.

__2. to achieve, effect, accomplish, perform: Act.26:20, 26 Rom.7:15 9:11, 2Co.5:10, Php.4:9; νόμον (ICC, in l), Rom.2:25; of unworthy acts (for WH. usually ποιέω in cl.), to commit, do: Luk.22:23 23:41, Jhn.3:20 5:29, Act.3:17 5:35 16:28 25:11, 25 26:9, 31, Rom.1:32 (ICC, in l), Rom.2:1-3 7:19 13:4, 1Co.5:2, 2Co.12:21, Gal.5:21.

__3. to transact, manage, hence, of payment, to exact (cl.): Luk.3:13 19:23.

__4. Reflexively, of state or condition, to do or fare Æsch. Hdt. al.): Eph.6:21; εὖ π. (see M, Pr. 228 f.), Act.15:29.†

SYN.: see: ποιέω (AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: to do; practise; be engaged in; to mind one's own business; to act

to do; practise; be engaged in; to mind one's own business; to act; to achieve; effect; accomplish; perform; to commit; do; to transact; manage; to exact; fare