Greek noun (feminine) · G4234
πρᾶξις
praxisprax'-is
a doing, deed, act; an acting, action, business, function
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: prâxis
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4234is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4234
practice, i.e. (concretely) an act; by extension, a function
The King James renders it: deed, office, work.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
praxis is rendered "a doing, deed, act; an acting, action, business, function". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a doing, deed, act".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 16:27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
Matthew 16:27πρᾶξιν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Romans.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a doing, deed, act, and an acting, action, business, function.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a doing, deed, actMat.16:27; pl., π. ἀποσπτόλων, Ac, title | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 16:27For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels… |
| an acting, action, business, functionRom.12:4.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 12:4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function, |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- πράξεις2
- πρᾶξιν2
- πράξει1
- πράξεσιν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural2N-APF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural1N-DPF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
Matthew
one use
For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- πρᾶξινpraxinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: deeds
Luke
one use
who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was waiting for the kingdom of God.
- πράξειpraxeinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: deed
Acts
one use
Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
- πράξειςpraxeisnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: deeds
Romans
two uses
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- πράξειςpraxeisnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: deeds
Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
- πρᾶξινpraxinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: function
Colossians
one use
Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
- πράξεσινpraxesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: practices
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.