G4234

πρᾶξις

praxisG:N-F

action

πρᾶξις, -εως, ἡ (πράσσω), [in LXX: 2Ch.13:22 27:7 28:26 (דֶּרֶךְ), Job.24:5 A (פֹּעַל), Pro.13:13, Wis.9:11, al. ;] __1. a doing, deed, act: Mat.16:27; pl., π. ἀποσπτόλων, Ac, title; in late writers especially of wicked deeds or practices (frequently in Polyb.): Luk.23:51; p1., Rom.8:13, Col.3:9; with ref. to magic (see BS, 3235), Act.19:18. __2. an acting, action, business, function: Rom.12:4.† (AS)

The KJV translates G4234 in the following manner:

deeds (6x), deed (2x), office (2x), the (2x), works (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

πρᾶξις — prâxis

πρᾶξις, πράξεως, ἡ (πράσσω), from Homer down;

a. a doing, a mode of acting; a deed, act, transaction: universally, πράξεις τῶν ἀποστόλων (Griesbach; Rec. inserts ἁγίων, L Tr WH omit τῶν, Tdf. has simply πράξεις), the doings of (i. e. things done by) the apostles, in the inscription of the Acts; singular in an ethical sense: both good and bad, Mat 16:27; in a bad sense, equivalent to wicked deed, crime, Luk 23:51; plural wicked doings (cf. our practices i. e. trickery; often so by Polybius): Act 19:18; Rom 8:13; Col 3:9; (with κακῇ added, as Ev. Nicod. 1Ἰησοῦς ἐθεράπευσε δαιμονιζομένους ἀπό πράξεων κακῶν).

b. a thing to be done, business (A. V. office) (Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 6): Rom 12:4.

6 occurrences

Matthew (1), Luke (1), Acts (1), Romans (2), Colossians (1)