Exact (Verb)

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1prassoG4238

"to do, to practice," also has the meaning of "transacting," or "managing in the matter of payment, to exact, to get money from a person," Luk 3:13 (RV, "extort"). Cp. the English idiom "to do a person in." This verb is rendered "required," in Luk 19:23.

2sukophanteoG4811

"to accuse falsely," Luk 3:14, has its other meaning, "to exact wrongfully," in Luk 19:8. See ACCUSE.