πράκτωρ
práktōr · G4233 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
-
bailiff, officer of the court
An officer of a court responsible for carrying out the orders of a judge
ExamplesLuke 12:58 “For when you are going with your accuser to appear before the magistrate, on the way, make an effort to settle with him, so that he does not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- βάλλωto throw, to put 1
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- παραδίδωμιto hand over, to betray 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Near synonyms 1 word
- ὑπηρέτης hypērétēs · G5257 · servant
- A lower-ranking officer or official servant, often of a court or magistrate. While ὑπηρέτης is broader in scope (any subordinate officer), it can overlap with πράκτωρ in the specific context of court officials who execute legal directives.
In the other Testament 1 word
- נָגַשׂ nâgas · H5065 · taskmaster, driver, ruler
- Hebrew term for an official who exacts payment or enforces obligations, directly parallel to the Greek πράκτωρ as an official collector/enforcer. Both refer to officials with authority to compel compliance or payment.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Bailiff, officer of the court37.92
- The noun names a court official responsible for enforcing judgments, such as imprisoning a debtor. Luke's teaching on settling with an accuser uses this term: “‘For when you are going with your accuser to appear before the magistrate, on the way, make an effort to settle with him, so that he does not drag you before the judge, and the judge turns you over to the officer, and the officer throws you into prison’” (Luke 12:58).
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon πρακτορος, ὁ (πράσσω); 1. one who does anything, a doer (Sophocles). 2. "one who does the…
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: Lk 12:58.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.