to do/require
prasso denotes carrying out an act or course of conduct, whether good, evil, required, or ongoing.
The occurrences consistently concern carrying out an action or course of conduct: particular acts may be good, evil, harmful, required, or undertaken in ordinary work, while repeated conduct is also in view where people continue in certain practices or act in keeping with repentance.
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Carrying out acts and conduct · dominant
The verb covers particular actions and sustained conduct. In Acts 16:28, the aorist active subjunctive occurs in the warning not to do harm to oneself; in Acts 26:20, the present active participle describes people performing deeds consistent with repentance; and in John 5:29, aorist active participles distinguish those who have done good from those who have done evil. It also occurs for working with one’s hands in 1 Thessalonians 4:11, practicing the law in Romans 2:25, and the continuing conflict of doing unwanted evil in Romans 7:19.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB presents the relevant clauses with wording such as “do,” “practice,” “work,” “perform deeds,” and “act.” These variations show the verse contexts rather than fixed English equivalents for the term.