Lexicon pragma: a deed, a matter Original Word: πρᾶγμα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: pragma Phonetic Spelling: (prag'-mah) Short Definition: a thing done, a matter Definition: a thing done, a deed, action; a matter, an affair. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 4229 prágma (from 4238 /prássō, "accomplishing by regular practice") – properly, the habit needed to accomplish what is necessary, i.e. in a practical, reliable way. See 4231 (pragmateuomai). 4229 /prágma ("everyday business") always has incalculable eternal worth when done in faith (by God's inworked persuasions). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom prassóDefinitiona deed, a matter NASB Translationanything* (1), case (1), deed (1), matter (3), thing (1), things (4).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4229: πρᾶγμαπρᾶγμα, πράγματος, τό ( πράσσω), from ( Pindar), Aeschylus, Herodotus down, the Sept. chiefly for דָּבָר a. that which has been done, a deed, an accomplished fact: Luke 1:1; Acts 5:4; 2 Corinthians 7:11; Hebrews 6:18. b. what is doing or being accomplished: James 3:16; specifically, business (commercial transaction), 1 Thessalonians 4:6 (so Winers Grammar, 115 (109); others refer this example to c. and render in the matter (spoken of, or conventionally understood; cf. Green, Gram., p. 26f)). c. a matter (in question), affair: Matthew 18:19; Romans 16:2; specifically, in a forensic sense, a matter at law, case, suit (Xenophon, mem. 2, 9, 1; Demosthenes, 1120, 26; Josephus, Antiquities 14, 10, 17): πρᾶγμα ἔχειν πρός τινα (A. V. having a matter against, etc.), 1 Corinthians 6:1. d. that which is or exists, a thing: Hebrews 10:1; πράγματα οὐ βλεπόμενα, Hebrews 11:1 (see ἐλπίζω).*,
Strong's business, matter, thing, work. From prasso; a deed; by implication, an affair; by extension, an object (material) -- business, matter, thing, work. see GREEK prasso |
