noun · masculine

praktōros

Greekπράκτωρ (praktōr)

Strong’sG4233

an officer employed to execute judicial sentences

stem praktōr-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

officer2×

What it means

πράκτωρ, -ορος, ὁ

(< πράσσω), [in LXX: Is 3:12 (נֹגֵשׂ)*;]

1. (poët.) one who does or accomplishes.

2. In Athens, one who exacts payment, a collector; hence, generally (freq. in π., v. Deiss., BS, 154), a court officer: Lk 12:58.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4233 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidprak'-tor

a practiser, i.e. (specially), an official collector

Fromfrom a derivative of G4238;

King Jamesofficer.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	praktōros1×πράκτωρ	praktōrois
object accusative	praktōron	praktōroin
direct address vocative	praktōror	praktōroir
of, belonging to genitive	praktōrou	praktōroiu
to, for dative	praktōro1×πράκτορι	praktōroi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

praktōrstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

praktōro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

praktōros“officer”subjectnominative singular1×

Luke 12:58“officer”hōs gar hupagasō meta tou antidikou su epi archōnon, en ta hoda dōasar ergasian apallassirē apo autou, mēpote katasurateiō sin pros ton kriton, kai tos kritos sin paradōati to praktōro, kai tos praktōros sin ballati eis fulakan.Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

praktōro“officer”to, fordative singular1×

Luke 12:58“officer”hōs gar hupagasō meta tou antidikou su epi archōnon, en ta hoda dōasar ergasian apallassirē apo autou, mēpote katasurateiō sin pros ton kriton, kai tos kritos sin paradōati to praktōro, kai tos praktōros sin ballati eis fulakan.Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.