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Strong's #4233 - πράκτωρ
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- one who does anything, a doer
- one who does the work of inflicting punishment or taking vengeance
- the avenger of murder
- the exactor of a monetary fine
- an officer of justice of the lower order whose business it is to inflict punishment
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πράκ-τωρ, ορος, ὁ,
= cross πρακτήρ, one who does or executes, accomplisher, Ζεὺς ὅτου π. φανῇ S. Tr. 251; π. τῶν ἀκουσίων Antipho 3.2.6; with fem. Subst., Κύπρις . . τῶνδ' ἐφάνη π. S. Tr. 861 (lyr.). II official who executes a judgment for debt, esp. public debt, bailiff, IG 12.75.49, al., Antipho 6.49, Decr. ap. And. 1.77, D. 25.28, IG 12(8).51.9 (Imbros, ii B.C. ), OGI 483.7 (Pergam.), Ev.Luke 12:58; βασιλικὸς π. PSI 4.335.2 (iii B.C.); τῶν ξενικῶν PTeb. 5.222 (ii B.C.) .
2. collector of taxes, π. βαλανήου Ostr. in Wilcken Grundzüge p.213 (i A.D.), Ostr. 399 (i A.D.); π. ἀργυρικῶν PIand. 29.1 (ii A.D.), BGU 434.3 (ii A.D.), etc.; π. σιτικῶν PLond. 2.367a1, al. (ii A.D.) .
3. in Poets, one who exacts punishment, avenger, A. Supp. 647 (lyr.); π. αἵματος Id. Eu. 319 (anap.); φόνου S. El. 953: as Adj., with a fem. Subst., avenging, σὺν δορὶ καὶ χερὶ πράκτορι A. Ag. 111 (lyr.).
πράκτωρ, 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.
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πράκτωρ , -ορος , ὁ
(< πράσσω ),
[in LXX: Isaiah 3:12 (H5066) *;]
1. (poët.) one who does or accomplishes.
2. In Athens, one who exacts payment, a collector; hence, generally (freq. in Papyri, v. Deiss., BS, 154), a court officer: Luke 12:58.†
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";gain besides"; by working, in the NT only in Luke 19:16. For the double compd. προσεξεργάζομαι, see Syll 538 (= .3 970).21 (B.C. 288) with reference to the pillars of a temple—προσεξεργασαμένους σφόνδυλον ἑκάστωι τῶι κίονι.
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