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ποιέω

poieōto do/make: doHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb567 occurrences26 books513 verses

Definition

ποιέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה ;]

1. to make, produce, create, cause: with accusative of thing(s), Matthew 17:4, Mark 9:5, John 9:11, Acts 9:39, Romans 9:20, al.; of God as Creator (with accusative of person(s) also), Matthew 19:4, Mark 10:6, Luke 11:40, Acts 4:24, Hebrews 1:2, al.; like Heb. עשׂה, absol. = ἐργάζομαι, to work, Matthew 20:12 (cf. Ruth 2:19; so AV, but see infr.), Revelation 13:5, R, mg. (but see infr.); σκάνδαλα, Romans 16:17; εἰρεήνην, Ephesians 2:15, James 3:18; ἐπίστασιν, Acts 24:12; συστροφήν, Acts 23:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Luke 1:68, Acts 15:3; with nouns expressing action or its accomplishment, forming a periphr. for the cogn. verb: ὁδόν π. (cl. ὁ ποιεῖσθαι), to go on, advance, Mark 2:23; πόλεμον, Revelation 11:7, al.; ἐκδίκησιν, Luke 18:7, 8; ἐνέδραν, Acts 25:3; κρίσιν, John 5:27, Jude 15; ἔργα, John 5:36, al.; (σημεῖα), John 2:23 and freq., Acts 2:22, al.; so also mid. ποιεῖσθαι: μονήν, John 14:23; πορείαν, Luke 13:22; κοινωνίαν, Romans 15:26; of food, to make ready, prepare: δεῖπνον, Mark 6:21, al.; δοχήν, Luke 5:29; 14:13; γάμους, Matthew 22:2; of time, to spend (cl.): ὥραν, Matthew 20:12, RV (but see supr. and cf. McN, in l.); μῆνας, Revelation 13:5, R, txt. (cf. Swete, in l.; but see supr.); ἐνιαυτόν, James 4:13; with accusative before ἐκ, John 2:15, al.; with accusative and accusative pred., Matthew 3:3; 12:16, Mark 1:3; 3:12, John 5:11, al.; with adv., καλῶς, Mark 7:37; ἑορτὴν π. (Dem., Exodus 23:16, al.), Acts 18:21, Rec.; πάσχα, Matthew 26:18; to make or offer a sacrifice (Plat., Xen., al.; Job 42:8, 1 Kings 11:33; so some understand τοῦτο ποιεῖτε, Luke 22:19, but see Abbott, Essays, 110ff.); before ἵνα (WM, 422f.; M, Pr., 228), John 11:37, Colossians 4:16, Revelation 3:9.

2. to do, perform, carry out, execute: absol., with adv., καλῶς π., Matthew 12:12, 1 Corinthians 7:37, 38, James 2:19; id. before ptcp. (cl.; see M, Pr., 228), Acts 10:33, Philippians 4:14, 2 Peter 1:19, 3 John 6; οὕτως, Matthew 24:46, Luke 9:15, al.; ὡς (καθώς), Matthew 1:24; 2:16, al.; ὁμοίως, Luke 3:11; ὡσαύτως, Matthew 20:5; with ptcp., ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα, 1 Timothy 1:13; with accusative of thing(s): τί interrog., Matthew 12:3, Mark 2:25, Luke 6:2, al.; τοῦτο, Matthew 13:28, Mark 5:32, Luke 22:19 (WH om.; see supr., ref. to Abbott, Essays), Romans 7:20, al.; with nouns expressing command or regulation: τ. νόμον (not as in cl., to make a law), John 7:19, Galatians 5:3 (cf. in LXX, Joshua 22:5, 1 Chronicles 22:12, al.); τ. ἐντολάς, Matthew 5:19; similarly with other nouns expressing conduct: τ. δικαιοσύνην, Matthew 6:1, al.; τ. ἀλήθειαν, John 3:21, al., etc.; with dupl. accusative, Matthew 27:22, Mark 15:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s) (commod., incomm.; rare in cl.), Matthew 7:12, Mark 5:19, 20, Luke 1:49, John 9:26, al.

Synonyms: πράσσω, which see The general distinction between the two words is that between particular action and its habitual performance (cf. Tr., Syn., §xcvi; Westc. on John 3:21; ICC on Romans 1:32).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ποιέω:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

567 total
  1. Luke 16:9ποιήσατε · to make
    I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
  2. Luke 17:9ἐποίησεν · he did
    Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?
  3. Luke 17:10ποιήσητε · you have done; ποιῆσαι; πεποιήκαμεν · we have only done
    So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
  4. Luke 18:7ποιήσῃ · bring about
    Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
  5. Luke 18:8ποιήσει · He will promptly carry out
    I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
  6. Luke 18:18ποιήσας · must I do
    Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
  7. Luke 18:41ποιήσω · Me to do
    “What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”
  8. Luke 19:18ἐποίησεν · has made
    The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
  9. Luke 19:46ἐποιήσατε · have made
    He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
  10. Luke 19:48ποιήσωσιν · to do [so]
    Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.
  11. Luke 20:2ποιεῖς · are You doing
    “Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
  12. Luke 20:8ποιῶ · I am doing
    And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
  13. Luke 20:13ποιήσω · shall I do
    ‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’
  14. Luke 20:15ποιήσει · do
    So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
  15. Luke 22:19ποιεῖτε · do
    And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
  16. Luke 23:22ἐποίησεν · done
    A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.”
  17. Luke 23:31ποιοῦσιν · [men] do
    For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
  18. Luke 23:34ποιοῦσιν · they are doing
    Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.
  19. John 2:5ποιήσατε · Do
    His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
  20. John 2:11ἐποίησεν · performed
    Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
  21. John 2:15ποιήσας · He made
    So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.
  22. John 2:16ποιεῖτε · turn
    To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
  23. John 2:18ποιεῖς · Your [ authority ] to do
    On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
  24. John 2:23ἐποίει · He was doing
    While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
  25. John 3:2ποιεῖν · perform; ποιεῖς · are doing
    He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
  26. John 3:21ποιῶν · practices
    But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
  27. John 4:1ποιεῖ · was gaining
    When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
  28. John 4:29ἐποίησα · I ever did
    “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
  29. John 4:34ποιήσω · do
    Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  30. John 4:39ἐποίησα · I ever did
    Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
  31. John 4:45ἐποίησεν · He had done
    Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
  32. John 4:46ἐποίησεν · He had turned
    So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
  33. John 4:54ἐποίησεν · performed
    This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
  34. John 5:11ποιήσας · made
    But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
  35. John 5:15ποιήσας · had made
    And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
  36. John 5:16ἐποίει · [Jesus] was doing
    Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
  37. John 5:18ποιῶν · making
    Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
  38. John 5:19ποιεῖν · do; ποιοῦντα · doing; ποιῇ · does; ποιεῖ · does
    So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
  39. John 5:20ποιεῖ · does
    The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
  40. John 5:27ποιεῖν · to execute
    And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
  41. John 5:29ποιήσαντες · have done
    …and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
  42. John 5:30ποιεῖν · do
    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
  43. John 5:36ποιῶ · I am doing
    But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
  44. John 6:2ἐποίει · He was performing
    A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.