Strong's Greek Concordance

G4234: πρᾶξις

prâxis · “action”

Definition

practice, i.e. (concretely) an act; by extension, a function

KJV translates it as: deed, office, work

Word origin: from G4238 (πράσσω);

Extended definition

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)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G4234 is translated

  • deeds ×3
  • deed ×1
  • function, ×1
  • practices ×1

Bible verses with G4234 (prâxis)

Prâxis appears in 6 verses.

  • Matthew 16:27

    For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

  • Luke 23:51

    (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

  • Acts 19:18

    And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.

  • Romans 8:13

    For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

  • Romans 12:4

    For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

  • Colossians 3:9

    Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;