Lexicon praktór: Officer, executor, avenger Original Word: πράκτωρ Strong's Exhaustive Concordance officer. From a derivative of prasso; a practiser, i.e. (specially), an official collector -- officer. see GREEK prasso 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 prassó Definition one who does or accomplishes NASB Translation officer (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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. Englishman's Concordance Luke 12:58 N-DMSGRK: παραδώσει τῷ πράκτορι καὶ ὁ NAS: turn you over to the officer, and the officer KJV: thee to the officer, and INT: should deliver to the officer and the Luke 12:58 N-NMS Strong's Greek 4233 |
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