Praxis means “practice” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4234 — machol in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4234 πρᾶξις (praxis) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. praxis (prax`-is) n. 1. practice 2. (concretely) an act It has 24 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include deeds, works, deed, and office. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
praxis (prax`-is) n. 1. practice 2. (concretely) an act 3. (by extension) a function [from G4238] KJV: deed, office, work Root(s): G4238
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Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render praxis, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4234 (πρᾶξις) appears 18 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
6 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the acts of Rehoboam, the first and the last, behold, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and Iddo the seer, with his achievements.
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his deeds, and his sayings, are written in the book of the prophet Iddo.
And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and his war, and his deeds, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And the works of Josiah were upright before his Lord with a heart full of godliness.
Then got he up upon his second chariot; and being brought back to Jerusalem died, and was buried in his father’s sepulcher.
But inquire not ye of mine act: for I will not declare it unto you, till the things be finished that I do.
First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4234.
And the acts of Rehoboam, the first and the last, behold, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and Iddo the seer, with his achievements.
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his deeds, and his sayings, are written in the book of the prophet Iddo.
And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and his war, and his deeds, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
And the rest of his acts, and his deeds, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
And they have departed like asses in the field, Having gone forth on my account according to their own order: His bread is sweet to his little ones.
But he that fears the commandment has health of soul. But a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, And his way shall be directed aright.
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
And the works of Josiah were upright before his Lord with a heart full of godliness.
Then got he up upon his second chariot; and being brought back to Jerusalem died, and was buried in his father’s sepulcher.
But inquire not ye of mine act: for I will not declare it unto you, till the things be finished that I do.
Moreover Simon chose men, and sent to King Demetrius, to the end he should give the land an immunity, because all that Trypho did was to spoil.
As concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and worthy deeds which he did, and the building of the walls which he made, and his doings,
for unto him appertained the gathering of the customs. Wherefore they were both called before the king.
Yet even his own officers, when they saw this, joined the Jews in an appeal to Him who has all power, to aid in the present crisis, and not wink at such overweening lawlessness.
For she knoweth and understandeth all things, And she shall lead me soberly in my doings, And preserve me in her power.
My son, meddle not with many matters: For if thou meddle much, thou shalt not be innocent; And if thou follow after, thou shalt not obtain, Neither shalt thou escape by fleeing.
And beware of thine own children.
Let reason go before every enterprize, And counsel before every action.
The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: And he that hath little business shall become wise.
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Praxis (Strong's G4234) is a Greek word most simply glossed "practice". praxis (prax`-is) n. 1. practice 2. (concretely) an act
This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's G4234 across 15 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4234 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as deeds, works, deed, and office. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 6 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 12 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4234, with linked reader references where each row is available.