King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4233
Transliteration: praktōr
Phonetic Spelling: (prak'-tor)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: one who does or accomplishes
Meaning: one who does or accomplishes
πράκτωρ, πρακτορος, ὁ (πράσσω);
Word Summary
praktōr: one who does or accomplishes
Original Word: πράκτωρTransliteration: praktōr
Phonetic Spelling: (prak'-tor)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: one who does or accomplishes
Meaning: one who does or accomplishes
Strong's Concordance
officer. From a derivative of prasso; a practiser, i.e. (specially), an official collector -- officer.
see GREEK prasso
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4233: πράκτωρπράκτωρ, 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.