What does πράκτωρ (práktōr) mean in the Bible?
πράκτωρ (práktōr) is a Greek word meaning "bailiff".
Greek · G4233
πράκτωρ
Bailiff
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πράκτωρG4233
Pronunciationpráktōr
What does πράκτωρ (práktōr) mean in the Bible?
πράκτωρ (práktōr) is a Greek word meaning "bailiff".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4233?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include officer (2).
Where does πράκτωρ (práktōr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 12:58. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itofficer2×Luke 12:58
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First aligned rowLuke 12:58
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Luke2
Source forms
πράκτορι1xpraktoriLuke 12:58
πράκτωρ1xpraktōrLuke 12:58
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular1xLuke 12:58
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xLuke 12:58
Evidence Summary
Greek word. bailiff
Strong'sG4233
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
bailiff
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 12:58Noun Dative Singular Masculine
πράκτορι,praktori
an officer employed to execute judicial sentences
Read verseLuke 12:58Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
πράκτωρpraktwr
an officer employed to execute judicial sentences
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternDative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineLuke 12:581×
Dative · Singular · MasculineLuke 12:581×
Word Origins
πράκτωρ is built from this root: