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Strong's #4238 - πράσσω
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- to exercise, practise, to be busy with, carry on
- to undertake, to do
- to accomplish, perform
- to commit, perpetrate
- to manage public affairs, transact public business
- to exact tribute, revenue, debts
- to act
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πράσσω,
Ep. and Ion. πρήσσω, Att. πράττω (first in IG 12.7.11, al., Ar. and X. ), Cret. πράδδω Leg.Gort. 1.35: fut. πράξω, Ion. πρήξω: aor. ἔπραξα, Ion. ἔπρηξα: pf. πέπραχα, Ion. πέπρηχα, (trans.) Hdt. 5.106, X. HG 5.2.32, Cyr. 3.1.15, Din. 3.21, Men. 619, IG 9(2).517.36 (Larissa, iii B. C. ), PHib. 1.80.11 (iii B. C.), (intr.) Pl.Com. 187 codd., Arist. Rh.Al. 1440a36: plpf. ἐπεπράχει ( ν ) (trans.) X. l.c., (intr.) App. BC 5.83: pf. 2 πέπρᾱγα, Ion. πέπρηγα, (intr.) Pi. P. 2.73, Hdt. 2.172, Ar. Pl. 629, Ra. 302, X. HG 1.4.2, (trans.) Arist. EN 1168b35, al., SIG 364.70 (Ephesus, iii B. C. ): plpf. ἐπεπράγεσαν (intr.) Th. 2.4, 7.24: — pf. πέπραγα Att., πέπραχα Hellenistic, acc. to Moer. p.293 P., Phryn. PS p.103 B., but see above: — Med., fut. πράξομαι Antipho Fr. 67, X. HG 6.2.36 (also in pass. sense, Pi. P. 4.243 (prob.), Pl. R. 452a ): aor. ἐπραξαμην S. OT 287, Th. 4.65, etc.: — Pass., fut. (v.supr.), also πραχθήσομαι Aeschin. 3.98, Arist. Rh. 1359a11, etc.; fut. 3 πεπράξομαι S. OC 861, Ar. Av. 847, Eup. 9.3 D.: aor. ἐπράχθην S. Tr. 679, Th. 4.54, etc.: pf. πέπραγμαι A. Pr. 75, etc. (sts. in med. sense, v. infr. vi). [ ᾱ by nature, as is shown by the Ion. form πρήσσω, and by the accent in πρᾶγμα, πρᾶξις, etc.] I in Ep. only, pass through, pass over, δὶς τόσσον ἅλα πρήσσοντες ἀπῆμεν Od. 9.491; ῥίμφα πρήσσοντε κέλευθον Il. 14.282, 23.501; ῥίμφα πρήσσουσι κέλευθον Od. 13.83; ὁδὸν πρήσσουσιν ὁδῖται h.Merc. 203: c. gen., ἵνα πρήσσωμεν ὁδοῖο Il. 24.264, Od. 15.219; ὄφρα πρ. ὁδοῖο ib. 47; ἵνα πρήσσῃσιν ὁδοῖο 3.476: Gramm. note that this sense is found only in pres., An.Ox. 1.355, EM 688.1 .
II experience certain for- tunes, fare well or ill, ὁ στόλος οὕτως ἔπρηξε Hdt. 3.26, cf. 4.77, Th. 7.24; so ὡς ἔπρηξε Hdt. 7.18; κατὰ νόον π. Id. 4.97, cf. Ar. Eq. 549; πράξασαν ὡς ἔπραξεν A. Ag. 1288; εὖ πέπραγεν, ὅτι . . Pi. P. 2.73, cf. Hdt. 1.24, 42, etc.; φλαύρως π. τῷ στόλῳ Id. 6.94; π. καλῶς A. Pr. 979; χαλεπώτατα π. Th. 8.95; ταπεινῶς π. Isoc. 5.64; ὅστις καλῶς πράττει, οὐχὶ καὶ εὖ πράττει; Pl. Alc. 1.116b; π. εὐτυχῶς S. Ant. 701; κάλλιστα E. Heracl. 794; μακαρίως, εὐδαιμόνως, Ar. Pl. 629, 802: freq. with neut. Pron. or Adj., εὖ π. τι S. OT 1006, cf. OC 391; μηδὲν εὖ π. X. Mem. 1.6.8; χρηστόν τι π. Ar. Pl. 341; καλά Th. 6.16; χείρω Id. 7.71; μεγάλα E. IA 346; πάντ' ἀγαθά Ar. Ra. 302, cf. Eq. 683 (lyr.); εὐδαίμονα E. El. 1359 (anap.); πολλὰ καὶ ἀγαθά X. An. 6.4.8; οἷον ἥθελεν S. OC 1704 (lyr.); πράξας ἅπερ ηὔχου E. Or. 355 (anap.), cf. X. Mem. 3.9.14 .
III achieve, effect, accomplish, οὔ τι Il. 1.562, 11.552, Od. 2.191, etc.; οὐδέ τι ἔργον ἐνθάδ' ἔτι πρήξει 19.324, cf. 16.88; χρῆμα μὲν οὐ πρήξεις, σὺ δ' ἐτώσια πόλλ' ἀγορεύσεις Hes. Op. 402; κλέος ἔπραξεν won it, Pi. I. 5(4).8; ἔπραξε δεσμόν achieved bondage, i.e. brought it on himself, Id. P. 2.40; τινὰ Νηρεΐδων π. ἄκοιτιν Id. N. 5.36; ὕμνον π. grant power of song, ib. 9.3; λεόντεσσι π. φόνον do slaughter upon them, ib. 3.46; τὴν Κυπρίων ἀπόστασιν π. Hdt. 5.113; π. εἰρήνην, φιλίαν, bring it about, D. 3.7, 18.162; π. τι παρά τινος get something from . ., ὧν δέονται πάντων πεπραγότες εἶεν παρὰ βασιλέως X. HG 1.4.2; ἐλπὶς πράξειν τι παρὰ τῶν θεῶν ἀγαθόν Isoc. 2.20; also, attempt, plot, δήμου κατάλυσιν And. 3.6: c. dat. pers., δαίμοσιν π. φίλα A. Pr. 660; Αοξίᾳ χάριν E. Ion 37, cf. 896 (lyr.), El. 1133, etc.; σὺ τοῦτο πράξεις ὥστε . .; A. Eu. 896: — Pass., πέπρακται τοὖργον Id. Pr. 75; φεῦ φεῦ πέπρακται E. Hipp. 680; τὰ πεπραγμένα Pi. O. 2.15, etc.; ἡ ἐπὶ τοῖς πεπρ. ἀδοξία D. 1.11; τὰ πεπρ. λῦσαι Id. 24.76; τὰ πραχθέντα A. Pr. 683, etc.; τὰ ἔργα τῶν πραχθέντων the facts of what took place, Th. 1.22; οὐ γὰρ ἂν τό γε πραχθὲν ἀγένητον θείη Pl. Prt. 324b .
2. abs., effect an object, be successful, δὸς Τηλέμαχον πρήξαντα νέεσθαι Od. 3.60; ἔπρηξας καὶ ἔπειτα Il. 18.357 .
3. of sexual intercourse, ἐπράχθη τὰ μέγιστα Theoc. 2.143 .
4. to be busy with, σὺ μὲν τὰ σαυτῆς πρᾶσσ' mind your own business, S. El. 678; πράττων ἔκαστος τὸ αὑτοῦ Pl. Phdr. 247a, cf. Plt. 307e; τὰ αὑτοῦ π. καὶ μὴ πολυπραγμονεῖν Id. R. 433a, cf. 400e, etc. (whereas πολλὰ π. = πολυπραγμονεῖν, Hdt. 5.33, E. HF 266, Ar. Ra. 228, etc.); φιλοσόφου τὰ αὑτοῦ πράξαντος καὶ οὐ πολυπραγμονήσαντος Pl. Grg. 526c, cf. Ap. 33a, etc.; οὐδ' εὖ . . οἰκοῦνται αἱ πόλεις, ὅταν τὰ αὑτῶν ἕκαστοι πράττωσι (ironical) Id. Alc. 1.127b; μὴ τὰ αὑτῶν π. not to act their part, Id. R. 452c; π. τὰ δέοντα X. Mem. 3.8.1 .
5. manage affairs, do business, act, εἰπεῖν τε καὶ πρᾶξαι ib. 2.9.4, cf. 2.8.6; πράττειν τὰ πολιτικὰ πράγματα, τὰ τῆς πόλεως, manage state-affairs, take part in government, Pl. Ap. 31d, Lys. 16.20; τὰ Ἀθηναίων Pl. Smp. 216a; οἱ τὰ κοινὰ π. καὶ πολιτευόμενοι Arist. Pol. 1324b1: abs., without any addition, ἱκανωτάτω λέγειν τε καὶ πράττειν, of able statesmen, X. Mem. 1.2.15, cf. 4.2.1, 4; πολιτεύεσθαι καὶ π. D. 18.45, cf. 59, Pl. Prt. 317a .
6. generally, transact, negotiate, manage, οἱ πράξαντες πρὸς αὐτὸν τὴν λῆψιν τῆς πόλεως Th. 4.114; Θηβαίοις τὰ πράγματα π. manage matters for their interest, D. 19.77: — so in Pass., τῷ Ἱπποκράτει τὰ . . πράγματα ἀπό τινων ἀνδρῶν . . ἐπράσσετο matters were negotiated with him by . ., Th. 4.76: but freq. abs., treat, negotiate, manage, act, οἱ πράσσοντες αὐτῷ ib. 110, cf. 5.76; π. πρός τινα Id. 2.5, 4.73, etc.; ἐς (v.l. πρὸς ) τοὺς βαρβάρους, ἐς τοὺς Εἵλωτας, Id. 1.131, 132: — Pass., ἐπράττετο οὐ πρὸς τοὺς ἄλλους Aeschin. 3.64; also π. τι ὑπὲρ τῶν κοινῶν D. 26.2; π. ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως τὰ πάτρια Id. 59.73; π. περὶ εἰρήνης X. HG 6.3.3; π. τῇ δύναιτο ἄριστα Hdt. 5.30; π. ὡς ἄριστα καὶ πιστότατα Th. 1.129; οἱ πράσσοντες the traitors, Id. 4.89, 113: —
folld. by dependent clauses, πρᾶσσε καὶ τὰ ἐμὰ καὶ τὰ σὰ ὅπῃ κάλλιστα ἕξει Id. 1.129; ἐς τὴν Πελοπόννησον ἔπρασσεν, ὅπῃ ὠφελία τις γενήσεται ib. 65; π. ὅπως πόλεμος γένηται ib. 57; π. ὅπως τιμωρήσονται ib. 56, cf. 3.4, 70, etc.: c. acc. et inf., μὴ δεῦρο πλεῖν τὴν ναῦν ἔπραττεν D. 32.22 . esp. of secret practices and intrigues, εἴ τι μὴ ξὺν ἀργύρῳ ἐπράσσετ' ἐνθένδ' unless some bribery was being practised, S. OT 125; καί τι αὐτῷ καὶ ἐπράσσετο ἐς τὰς πόλεις προδοσίας πέρι Th. 4.121, cf. 5.83; μετάστασις ἐπράττετο Lys. 30.10; τούτοις ἔπρασσον τὴν πόλιν Plb. 4.17.12; νῦν δ' αὔτ' Ἀτρεῖδαι φωτὶ παντουργῷ φρένας ἔπραξαν have jobbed them (the arms) away to a villain, S. Aj. 446 . practise, πόνῳ π. θεοδμάτους ἀρετάς Pi. I. 6(5).11; δίκαια ἢ ἄδικα Pl. Ap. 28b, etc.; ταῦτ' ἔπραξάν τε καὶ ἔλεξαν X. Cyr. 5.1.1; ἃ καὶ λέγειν ὀκνοῦμεν οἱ πεπραχότες Men. 619: then abs., act, π. ἔργῳ μὲν σθένος βουλαῖσι δὲ φρήν Pi. N. 1.26; ὡς πράττοντες as doing, Pl. R. 527a; μεθ' ἡμῶν ἔπραττεν, i. e. he took our side, Is. 5.14 .
2. study, δράματα Suid. s.v. Ἀριστοφάνης; συλλογισμούς Arr. Epict. 2.17.27; ἐν τοῖς πραττομένοις in the poems which are now studied, made the subject of commentaries, Sch. Nic. Th. 11 . c. dupl. acc. pers. et rei, πράττειν τινά τι do something to one, E. Hel. 1394, Isoc. 12.93; ἀγαθόν τι π. τὴν πόλιν Ar. Ec. 108 . exact payment from one, αὐτοὺς ἑκατὸν τάλαντα ἔπρηξαν Hdt. 3.58; πράσσει με τόκον he makes me pay interest, Batr. 185; π. τινὰ χρέος Pi. O. 3.7, cf. P. 9.104; ὅσοι πράξεις πεπράγασιν SIG 364.70 (Ephesus, iii B. C. ); τοὐφειλόμενον π. Δίκη A. Ch. 311 (anap.); ἀντίποινα Id. Pers. 476: freq. of tax-gatherers or other collectors of public debt, IG 12.116.16, al., Pl. Lg. 774d; π. τὰς εἰσφοράς D. 22.77, etc.; φόρον ἔπρησσον παρ' ἑκάστων obtained or demanded from . ., Hdt. 1.106: c. acc. pers., press for payment, μὴ π. τοὺς ὀφειλέτας Plb. 38.11.10; π. τινά τι ὑπέρ τινος demand from one as the price for a thing, Luc. Vit.Auct. 18: metaph., φόνον π. exact punishment or vengeance for a murder: hence, avenge, punish, A. Eu. 624; τὰ περὶ τὸν φόνον ἀγριωτέρως π. Pl. Lg. 867d: — Pass., ὑπὸ βασιλέως πεπραγμένος φόρους called on to pay up the tribute, Th. 8.5; πραχθεὶς ὑπὸτῶνδε Lys. 9.21 codd., cf. Pl. Lg. 921c: — Med., exact for oneself, πράξασθαί τινα μισθόν Pi. O. 10(11).30; ἀργύριον, χρήματα, Hdt. 2.126, Th. 4.65, cf. Ar. Ra. 561, etc.; τὴν διπλασίαν π. τὸν ὑποφεύγοντα Pl. Lg. 762b, cf. Plb. 5.54.11; π. τοὺς ἐξάγοντας τριακοστήν D. 20.32; πράσσεσθαι χρέος Antipho Fr. 67; φόρους πράσσεσθαι ἀπό, ἐκ τῶν πόλεων, Th. 8.5, 37; παρ' αὐτῶν ἃ ὤφειλον Lys. 17.3, cf. And. 2.11: metaph. of exacting punishment, etc., μεγάλ' ἀντ' ὀλίγων ἐπράξαο Call. Lav.Pall. 91: — Pass. pf. and plpf. in med. sense, εἰ μὲν ἐπεπράγμην τοῦτον τὴν δίκην if I had exacted from him the full amount, D. 29.2 . c. acc. pers., πράττειν τινά deal with, finish off, euphem., ἔπρασσε δ' ᾇπέρ νιν, ὧδε θάπτει A. Ch. 440 (lyr.); πεπραγμένοι is f.l.ib. 132 .
πράσσω and (once viz. Acts 17:7 R G) πράττω; future πράξω; 1 aorist ἔπραξα; perfect πέπραχά; perfect passive participle πεπραγμενος; from Homer down; the Sept. several times for עָשָׂה and פָּעַל; to do, practise, effect, Latinagere (but ποιεῖν to make, Latinfacere; (see ποιέω, at the end)); i. e.:
1. to exercise, practise, be busy with, carry on: τά περίεργα, Acts 19:19; τά ἰδίᾳ, to mind one's own affairs, 1 Thessalonians 4:11 (τά ἑαυτοῦ (Sophocles Electr. 678); Xenophon, mem. 2, 9, 1; Plato, Phaedr., p. 247a.; Demosthenes, p. 150, 21; others); used of performing the duties of an office, 1 Corinthians 9:17. to undertake to do, μηδέν προπετές, Acts 19:36.
2. to accomplish, to perform: πεπραγμένον ἐστιν, has been accomplished, has taken place, Acts 26:26; εἴτε ἀγαθόν, εἴτε κακόν, 2 Corinthians 5:10; ἀγαθόν ἤ φαῦλον (κακόν), Romans 9:11 (δίκαια ἤ ἄδικα, Plato, Apology, p. 28 b.); ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα, Acts 26:20; add, Romans 7:15, 19; Philippians 4:9; μόνον, to do, i. e. keep the law, Romans 2:25; of unworthy acts, to commit, perpetrate (less frequent so in Greek writings, as πολλά καί ἀνόσια, Xenophon, symp. 8, 22; with them ποιεῖν ((see Schmidt, Syn., chapter 23, 11, 3; Liddell and Scott, under the word, B.)) is more common in reference to bad conduct; hence, τούς ἐπισταμένους μέν ἅ δεῖ πράττειν, ποιοῦντας δέ ταναντια, Xenophon, mem. 3, 9, 4), Acts 26:9; 2 Corinthians 12:21; τό ἔργον τοῦτο, this (criminal) deed, 1 Corinthians 5:2 T WH Tr marginal reading; add, Luke 22:23; Acts 3:17; Acts 5:35; Romans 7:19; τά τοιαῦτα, such nameless iniquities, Romans 1:32 (where ποιεῖν and πράσσειν are used indiscriminately (but cf. Meyer)); Romans 2:1-3; Galatians 5:21; (φαῦλα, John 3:20; John 5:29; τί ἄξιον θανάτου, Luke 23:15; Acts 25:11, 25; Acts 26:31; τό κακόν, Romans 7:19; Romans 13:4; ἄτοπον, Luke 23:41; τί τίνι κακόν, to bring evil upon one, Acts 16:28.
3. to manage public affairs, transact public business (Xenophon, Demosthenes, Plutarch); from this use has come a sense met with from Pindar, Aeschylus, Herodotus down, viz. to exact tribute, revenue, debts: Luke 3:13 (here R. V. extort); τό ἀργύριον, Luke 19:23 (soagere in Latin, cf. the commentators on Suetonius, Vesp. 1; (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 42, 1 a.)).
4. intransitive, to act (see εὖ, p. 256a): ἀπέναντι τίνος, contrary to a thing, Acts 17:7.
5. from Aeschylus and Herodotus down reflexively, me habere: τί πράσσω, how I do, the state of my affairs, Ephesians 6:21; εὖ πράξετε (see εὖ), Acts 15:29 (cf. Buttmann, 300 (258)).
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πράσσω ,
(Att.. -ττω , and so Acts 17:7 Rec.; cf. M, Pr., 25, 45),
[in LXX chiefly for H6213, H6466;]
= Lat agere, as ποιέω (q.v.) = facere,
1. to do, practise, be engaged in: Acts 19:19; Acts 19:36, 1 Corinthians 9:17; τ . ἴδια Papyri, to mind one's own business (τὰ ἑαυτοῦ ,, Soph., Plat.), 1 Thessalonians 4:11; intrans., to act, Acts 17:7.
2. to achieve, effect, accomplish, perform: Acts 26:20; Acts 26:26 Romans 7:15; Romans 9:11, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Philippians 4:9; νόμον (ICC, in l), Romans 2:25; of unworthy acts (for WH. usually ποιέω in cl.), to commit, do: Luke 22:23; Luke 23:41, John 3:20; John 5:29, Acts 3:17; Acts 5:35; Acts 16:28; Acts 25:11; Acts 25:25; Acts 26:9; Acts 26:31, Romans 1:32 (ICC, in l), Romans 2:1-3; Romans 7:19; Romans 13:4, 1 Corinthians 5:2, 2 Corinthians 12:21, Galatians 5:21.
3. to transact, manage, hence, of payment, to exact (cl.): Luke 3:13; Luke 19:23.
4. Reflexively, of state or condition, to do or fare Æsch., Hdt., al.): Ephesians 6:21; εὖ Papyri (v. M, Pr., 228 f.), Acts 15:29.†
SYN.: see ποιέω G4160.
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