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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πράσσω

(Strong's #4238 — Verb — prasso — pras'-so )

"to do, to practice," also has the meaning of "transacting," or "managing in the matter of payment, to exact, to get money from a person," Luke 3:13 (RV, "extort"). Cp. the English idiom "to do a person in." This verb is rendered "required," in Luke 19:23 .

2: συκοφαντέω

(Strong's #4811 — Verb — sukophanteo — soo-kof-an-teh'-o )

"to accuse falsely," Luke 3:14 , has its other meaning, "to exact wrongfully," in Luke 19:8 . See ACCUSE.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Exact'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​e/exact.html. 1940.
 
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