"a thing done, fact, deed, work, transaction, Lk. 1:1; Jas. 3:16; a matter, affair, Mt. 18:19; Rom. 16:2; a matter of dispute, 1 Cor. 6:1; a thing, genr., Heb. 10:1; 11:1; τὸ πρᾶγμα, a euphemism for unlawful sexual conduct, perhaps, 1 Thess. 4:6"
Definition and meaning
a thing done, fact, deed, work, transaction, Lk. 1:1; Jas. 3:16; a matter, affair, Mt. 18:19; Rom. 16:2; a matter of dispute, 1 Cor. 6:1; a thing, genr., Heb. 10:1; 11:1; τὸ πρᾶγμα, a euphemism for unlawful sexual conduct, perhaps, 1 Thess. 4:6
In the original Greek the word is written: πρᾶγμα
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of pragma (G4229) across the King James Bible.
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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Common questions
Strong's G4229 (pragma) is a Greek word that means: a thing done, fact, deed, work, transaction, Lk. 1:1; Jas. 3:16; a matter, affair, Mt. 18:19; Rom. 16:2; a matter of dispute, 1 Cor. 6:1; a thing, genr., Heb. 10:1; 11:1; τὸ πρᾶγμα, a euphemism for un... It appears 11 times in the King James Bible.
The word pragma (G4229) appears 11 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4229 is pragma, a Greek word defined as: a thing done, fact, deed, work, transaction, Lk. 1:1; Jas. 3:16; a matter, affair, Mt. 18:19; Rom. 16:2; a matter of dispute, 1 Cor. 6:1; a thing, gen. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
pragma is a Greek word found in the New Testament.