Lexicon praktór: one who does or accomplishes Original Word: πράκτωρ, ορος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: praktór Phonetic Spelling: (prak'-tor) Short Definition: an officer employed to execute judicial sentences Definition: an officer employed to execute judicial sentences. HELPS word-Studies 4233 práktōr – properly, a finance agent; "a bailiff or constable" working in a court in antiquity (BAGD); "an officer (usher) of the court" (Souter). "In ancient Athens a 4233 (práktōr) exacted payment as a government (official) collector – hence (as frequently in the papyri), 4233 (práktōr) refers to a court officer (Lk 12:58, A. Deissmann, BS, 154)" (A-S). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom prassóDefinitionone who does or accomplishes NASB Translationofficer (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4233: πράκτωρπράκτωρ, πρακτορος, ὁ ( πράσσω); 1. one who does anything, a doer (Sophocles). 2. "one who does the work of inflicting punishment or taking vengeance; especially the avenger of a murder (Aeschylus, Sophocles); the exactor of a pecuniary fine" ((Antiphon), Demosthenes, others); an officer of justice of the tower order whose business it is to inflict punishment: Luke 12:58.
Strong's officer. From a derivative of prasso; a practiser, i.e. (specially), an official collector -- officer. see GREEK prasso |
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