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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. John 6:6ποιεῖν · to do
    But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
  2. John 6:10Ποιήσατε · Have
    “Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
  3. John 6:14ἐποίησεν · [Jesus] had performed
    When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
  4. John 6:15ποιήσωσιν · make
    Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
  5. John 6:28ποιῶμεν · must we do
    Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”
  6. John 6:30ποιεῖς · perform
    So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
  7. John 6:38ποιῶ · do
    For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
  8. John 7:3ποιεῖς · You are doing
    So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
  9. John 7:4ποιεῖ · acts; ποιεῖς · You are doing
    For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
  10. John 7:17ποιεῖν · to do
    If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
  11. John 7:19ποιεῖ · keeps
    Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
  12. John 7:21ἐποίησα · I did
    Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
  13. John 7:23ἐποίησα · making
    If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
  14. John 7:31ποιήσει · will He perform; ἐποίησεν
    Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
  15. John 7:51ποιεῖ · he has done
    “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
  16. John 8:28ποιῶ · I do
    So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
  17. John 8:29ποιῶ · do
    He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
  18. John 8:34ποιῶν
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
  19. John 8:38ποιεῖτε · do
    I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
  20. John 8:39ἐποιεῖτε · you would do
    “Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.
  21. John 8:40ἐποίησεν · did
    But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
  22. John 8:41ποιεῖτε · are doing
    You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
  23. John 8:44ποιεῖν · to carry out
    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  24. John 8:53ποιεῖς · do You claim to be
    Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
  25. John 9:6ἐποίησεν · made
    When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
  26. John 9:11ἐποίησεν · made
    He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
  27. John 9:14ἐποίησεν · had made
    Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
  28. John 9:16ποιεῖν · perform
    Because of this, some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for He does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform such signs?” And there was division among them.
  29. John 9:26ἐποίησέν · did He do
    “What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”
  30. John 9:31ποιῇ · does
    We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
  31. John 9:33ποιεῖν · do
    If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”
  32. John 10:25ποιῶ · do
    “I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
  33. John 10:33ποιεῖς · make Yourself out to be
    “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
  34. John 10:37ποιῶ · I am not doing
    If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.
  35. John 10:38ποιῶ · I am doing [them]
    But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
  36. John 10:41ἐποίησεν · performed
    Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
  37. John 11:37ποιῆσαι · have kept
    But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
  38. John 11:45ἐποίησεν · [Jesus] did
    Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
  39. John 11:46ἐποίησεν · had done
    But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
  40. John 11:47ποιοῦμεν · are we to do; ποιεῖ · is performing
    Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
  41. John 12:2ἐποίησαν · they hosted
    So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
  42. John 12:16ἐποίησαν · what had been done
    At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.
  43. John 12:18πεποιηκέναι · had performed
    That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
  44. John 12:37πεποιηκότος · had performed
    Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him.
  45. John 13:7ποιῶ · am doing
    Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
  46. John 13:12πεποίηκα · I have done
    When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you?
  47. John 13:15ἐποίησα · have done
    I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.