Lexical Definition
πρᾶξις prâxis (prax'-is) action G:N-F
from πράσσω
deed, office, work.
- practice, i.e. (concretely) an act
- by extension, a function
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| πρᾶξιν | deeds | Matt.16.27 |
| function | Rom.12.4 | |
| πράξιν | action | LXX.Job.24.5 |
| toll | LXX.Ezra.7.24 | |
| tolls | LXX.Ezra.4.13 | |
| πράξεσιν | practices | Col.3.9 |
| πράξεισ | deeds | Acts.19.18 • Rom.8.13 |
| his actions | LXX.2Chr.12.15 • LXX.2Chr.13.22 • LXX.2Chr.27.7 • LXX.2Chr.28.26 | |
| in actions | LXX.Prov.13.13 | |
| tolls | LXX.Ezra.4.20 | |
| πράξει | deed | Luke.23.51 |
Abbott-Smith
πρᾶξις, -εως, ἡ (< πράσσω), [in LXX: II Ch 13:22 27:7 28:26 (דֶּרֶךְ), Jb 24:5 A (פֹּעַל), Pr 13:13, Wi 9:11, al.;]
1. a doing, deed, act: Mt 16:27; pl., π. ἀποσπτόλων, Ac, tit.; in late writers especially of wicked deeds or practices (freq. in Polyb.): Lk 23:51; p1., Ro 8:13, Col 3:9; with ref. to magic (v. BS, 3235), Ac 19:18.
2. an acting, action, business, function: Ro 12:4.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| 2 Chronicles | 13:22 · 27:7 · 28:26 |
| Job | 24:5 |
| Proverbs | 13:13 |
| Matthew | 16:27 |
| Luke | 23:51 |
| Acts | 19:18 |
| Romans | 8:13 · 12:4 |
| Colossians | 3:9 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
πρᾶξις, εως,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect πρῆξις, ιος, ἡ: (πράσσω):— doing, transaction, business, [πλεῖν] κατὰ πρῆξιν on a trading voyage, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. δ᾽ ἥδ᾽ ἰδίη, οὐ δήμιος a private, not a public affair, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ περί τινος π. the transaction respecting.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 result or issue of a business, especially good result, success, οὐ γάρ τις πρῆξις πέλεται.. γόοιο no good comes of weeping, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; λυμαίνεσθαί τινι τὴν π. to spoil one's market, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. φίλαν δίδοι grant a happy issue. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ταχεῖά γ᾽ ἦλθε χρησμῶν π. their issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II doing, τῶν ἀγαθῶν (of persons) πρήξιες [Refs 6th c.BC+]; achievement, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πολεμική, πολιητική, πολιτική, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; action, opposed to πάθος, [Refs]; opposed to ἕξις, [Refs]; moral action, opposed to ποίησις, τέχνη, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ποιότης, [Refs]; opposed to οἱ πολιτικοὶ λόγοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι ὄντα τε καὶ πραττόμενα exhibited in actual life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; action in drama, opposed to λόγος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 action, exercise, χειρῶν, σκελῶν, στόματος, φωνῆς, διανοίας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 euphemistic for sexual intercourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 magical operation, spell, [Refs]
__III action, act, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.b military action, battle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__IV doing, faring well or ill, fortune, state, condition, ἀπέκλαιε.. τὴν ἑωυτοῦ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V practical ability, π. καὶ σύνεσις [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__V.2 practice, i.e. trickery, treachery, ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν [Refs]; κατὰ τῆς πόλεως, ἐπὶ τοὺς Αἰτωλούς, [Refs]
__VI exaction of money, recovery of debts, arrears, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ Ἀρτέμωνος.. ἔστω ἡ π. τοῖς δανείσασι let the lenders have an action of recovery against Artemon, Syngr. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; αἱ π. τῶν καταδικασθέντων [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VI.2 exaction of vengeance, retribution, βαρβάρων χάριν γάμων πρᾶξιν ὡς Ἑλλὰς λάβοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VII public office, ἡ διοικηθεῖσα π. Epist. Macrin. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__VIII discourse, lecture of a rhetorician or philosopher, [Refs 4th c.AD+]