Greek

Action

πρᾶξιςStrong’s G4234

praxis

Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament

In short

Praxis is the Greek word usually translated “deeds”, “deed” and “function”. It appears in 6 verses of the 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.”

Matthew 16:27 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “deeds”, “deed” and “function”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

deeds 3
deed 1
function 1
practices 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Romans 2
Matthew 1
Luke 1
Acts 1
Colossians 1

5 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Greek dictionary

πρᾶξις praxis · action

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)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “action” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

AC'TION, noun

[Latin actio. See Act.]

Literally, a driving; hence, the state of acting or moving; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; or action is the effect of power exerted on one body by another; motion produced.
An act or thing done; a deed.“The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him are actions weighed” 1 Samuel 2:3
In mechanics, agency; operation; driving impulse; effort of one body upon another; as, the action of wind upon a ship's sails.
In ethics, the external signs or expression of the sentiments of a moral agent; conduct; behavior; demeanor; that is, motion or movement, with respect to a rule or propriety.

All definitions

In poetry, a series of events, called also the subject or fable; this is of two kinds; the principal action which is more strictly the fable, and the incidental action or episode.
In oratory, gesture or gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the accommodation of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance to the subject, or to the thoughts and feelings of the mind.
In physiology, the motions or functions of the body, vital, animal and natural; vital and involuntary, as the action of the heart and lungs; animal, as muscular, and all voluntary motions; natural, as manducation, deglutition, and digestion.
In law, literally, an urging for right; a suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right; a claim made before a tribunal.
In some countries of Europe, action is a share in the capital stock of a company, or in the public funds, equivalent to our term share; and consequently, in a more general sense, to stocks.
In painting and sculpture, the attitude or position of the several parts of the body, by which they seem to be actuated by passions; as, the arm extended, to represent the act of giving or receiving.
Battle; fight; engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water, or by a greater or smaller number of combatants.

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.