Strong’s G4238 · Greek

πράσσω
prássō

Definition

to "practise", i.e. perform repeatedly or habitually (thus differing from G4160 (ποιέω), which properly refers to a single act); by implication, to execute, accomplish, etc.; specially, to collect (dues), fare (personally)

Etymology

a primary verb;

Where the KJV renders it

  • commit
  • deeds
  • do
  • exact
  • keep
  • require
  • use arts

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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