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Koine Greek wordlink #136377

SR GNT 1Th 4:11 πράσσειν (prassein) ‘to_be being_ambitious to_be living_quietly and to_be doing your own things and’ Strongs=42380 Lemma=prassō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=active
Refers to Word #136369

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Other uses (3) of identical word form πράσσειν (V-NPA....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πράσσειν’ (V-NPA....) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be doing’.

Luke 22:23 ‘who this going to_be doing’ SR GNT Luke 22:23 word 21

Acts 5:35 ‘these what you_all are going to_be doing’ SR GNT Acts 5:35 word 24

Acts 19:36 ‘and nothing reckless to_be doing’ SR GNT Acts 19:36 word 14

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘prassō’ have 24 different glosses: ‘are doing’, ‘be collecting’, ‘be practicing’, ‘having done’, ‘having practiced’, ‘having_been done’, ‘is doing’, ‘to do’, ‘to_be doing’, ‘to_have done’, ‘I am doing’, ‘I have done’, ‘I collected’, ‘he did’, ‘they practiced’, ‘we did’, ‘you are doing’, ‘you may do’, ‘you may_be practicing’, ‘you_all will_be doing’, ‘you_all did’, ‘did’, ‘doing’, ‘practicing’.

Key: V=verb NPA....=infinitive,present,active