Thing
πρᾶγμαStrong’s G4229pragma
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pragma is the Greek word usually translated “matter”, “things” and “deed”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.”
Meaning
Usually translated “matter”, “things” and “deed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- matter 4
- things 3
- deed 1
- a matter 1
- of things 1
- thing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 3
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 1:1Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
- Acts 5:4Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
- Romans 16:2That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
- 1 Corinthians 6:1Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
- 2 Corinthians 7:11For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
Greek dictionary
πρᾶγμα pragma · thing
πρᾶγμα, -τος, τύ (πράσσω), [in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר ;] 1. that which has been done, a deed, act: Luk.1:1, Act.5:4, 2Co.7:11, Heb.6:18. 2. That which is being done (like Lat. res), hence, a thing, matter, affair: Mat.18:19, Rom.16:2, 1Th.4:6 (see M, Th., in l), Heb.10:1 11:1, Jas.3:16; in forensic sense (as frequently in π., see Deiss., BS, 233), a law-suit: 1Co.6:1.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “thing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
THING, noun
[The primary sense of thing is that which comes, falls or happens, like event, from Latin evenio.]
- An event or action; that which happens or falls out, or that which is done, told or proposed.“And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son” Genesis 21:11“Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, the thing proceedeth from the Lord” Genesis 24:50“I will tell you by what authority I do these things” Matthew 21:24“These things said Esaias when he saw his glory” John 12:41
- Any substance; that which is created; any particular article or commodity.“They took the things which Micah had made” Judges 18:27
- An animal; as every living thing; every creeping thing Gen 1.
- A portion or part; something.
All definitions
- In contempt.
- Used of persons in contempt.
- Used in a sense of honor.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.