Lexical Definition

‎πρᾶγμα‎ prâgma (prag'-mah) thing ^G:N-N
from ‎πράσσω‎

business, matter, thing, work.

• a deed
• by implication, an affair
• by extension, an object (material)

Abbott-Smith

πρᾶγμα, -τος, τό (< πράσσω), [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר;]
1. that which has been done, a deed, act: Lk 1:1, Ac 5:4, II Co 7:11, He 6:18.
2. That which is being done (like Lat. res), hence, a thing, matter, affair: Mt 18:19, Ro 16:2, I Th 4:6 (v. M, Th., in l.), He 10:1 11:1, Ja 3:16; in forensic sense (as freq. in π., v. Deiss., BS, 233), a law-suit: I Co 6:1.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πρᾶγμα, ατος, τό,

Ionic dialect πρῆχμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also πρῆγμα [Refs 5th c.BC+] perhaps wrote πρῆχμα, which is see[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare πρήχματος οὐχ ὁσίου imitated from [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (πράσσω):— deed, act, the concrete of πρᾶξις, but frequently approaching to the abstract sense, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; opposed to λόγοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γυναίου π. ἐποίει did the act of a woman, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__II occurrence, matter, affair, πᾶσαν τελευτὰν πράγματος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁρᾶτε τὸ π., οἷ προελήλυθε κτλ., [Refs]
__II.2 thing, concrete reality, ἆρ᾽ ἔστιν αὔλησίς τι π.; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ὄνομα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἀργαλέον π. ἐστίν with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ὀνόματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2.b contemptuously, thing, creature, κακῷ πράγματι wretched creature, i.e. the sophist, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τούτῳ τῷ π., i.e. the demos, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄμαχον π., of a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 like{πρᾶξις}[Refs 5th c.BC+] with infinitive, it is advantageous for me, εὕρισκε π. οἱ εἶναι ἐλαύνειν [Refs]: with a negative, εὕρισκέ οἱ οὐ π. εἶναι στρατεύεσθαι [Refs]infinitive, οὐδὲν ἂν εἴη π. γνώμας ἐμὲ σοὶ ἀποφαίνεσθαι there will be no advantage or need, [Refs]; π. ἂν ἦν μοῦνον the only thing needful, [Refs]
__II.4 thing of consequence or importance, π. ποιήσασθαι [τι[Refs]; οὐδὲν π., ὦ Σώκρατες no matter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δῆλον ἦν ὅτι π. τι εἴη that there was something the matter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4.b π. ἐστί μοι it concerns me, σφίσι τε καὶ Ἀθηναίοισι εἶναι οὐδὲν π. they had nothing to do with the [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾧ μὴ π. μὴ εἰσίναι no admittance except on business, [Refs 1st c.BC+] with genitive _of things_, οἷς μηδὲν ἦν π. τοῦ πολέμου who were not concerned in the war, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸ σὸν τί ἐστι π.; what is your pursuit or business, what are you about? [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4.c μέγα π. a man of consequence, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἦν μέγιστον π. Δημοκήδης παρὰ βασιλέϊ he was made much of by the king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. μέγα φρέατος a fine large tank, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.5 used of a battle, action, affair, ὡς οἱ σωθέντες ἐκ τοῦ π. ἀπέφυγον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 τὸ π. the love-affair of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.7 fact, opposed to λόγος, ὄνομα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.8 matter in hand, question, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III in plural, πράγματα,
__III.1 circumstances, affairs, τὰ ἀνθρωπήϊα π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς π. τέθνηκα τοῖς δ᾽ ἔργοισιν οὔ by circumstances, not by acts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποτυγχάνειν τῶν π. fail to prosper, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the condition of a patient, τὰ τῶν νοσεύντων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so also poetry, ποῦ ποτ᾽ εἰμὶ πράγματο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 state-affairs, τὰ πολιτικὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔστ᾽ ἐν ἡμῖν τῆς πόλεως τὰ π. the fortunes of the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; a state or empire, τὰ Περσικὰ π. the Persian power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of government, καταλαμβάνειν τὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν τοῖς π. those who are in power or office, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐν τυραννίδι καὶ πλούτῳ καὶ πράγμασι [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τριῶν ἀνδρῶν δημοσίων π. ἀποκαταστάσεως, = Latin triumvir reipublicae constituendae, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; κοινωνοὶ τῶν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]innovations, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but εὐνούστατος τοῖς π. a friend to things as they are, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 fortunes, cause, circumstances, [Refs 5th c.BC+] alone, one's all, one's fortunes, ἐν ᾧπέρ ἐστι πάντα μοι τὰ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={κτήματα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4 business, especially lawbusiness, πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+] to have a bad case, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.5 in bad sense, trouble, annoyance, ἁπάντων αἰτίους τῶν π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρήγματα ἔχειν, with participle, to have trouble about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. παρέχειν τινί to cause one trouble, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, cause one the trouble of doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄνευ πραγμάτων, σὺν πράγμασι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]