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πρᾶξις

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Gloss: action

Transliteration: praxis

Strong’s: G4234

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)

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