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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 13:15ποιῆτε · should do
    I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
  2. John 13:17ποιῆτε · you do
    If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
  3. John 13:27ποιεῖς · you are about to do; ποίησον · do
    And when Judas had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to Judas, “What you are about to do, do quickly.”
  4. John 14:10ποιεῖ · performing
    Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
  5. John 14:12ποιῶ · am doing; ποιήσει · will also do; ποιήσει · He will do
    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
  6. John 14:13ποιήσω · I will do
    And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  7. John 14:14ποιήσω · will do [it]
    If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
  8. John 14:23ποιησόμεθα · make
    Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
  9. John 14:31ποιῶ · I do
    But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
  10. John 15:5ποιεῖν · do
    I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.
  11. John 15:14ποιῆτε · you do
    You are My friends if you do what I command you.
  12. John 15:15ποιεῖ · is doing
    No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
  13. John 15:21ποιήσουσιν · they will treat
    But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
  14. John 15:24ἐποίησα · I had not done; ἐποίησεν · did
    If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
  15. John 16:2ποιήσουσιν · They will put
    They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
  16. John 16:3ποιήσουσιν · They will do
    They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
  17. John 17:4ποιήσω · do
    I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
  18. John 18:18πεποιηκότες · they had made
    Because it was cold, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had made to keep warm. And Peter was also standing with them, warming himself.
  19. John 18:30ποιῶν
    “If He were not a criminal,” they replied, “we would not have handed Him over to you.”
  20. John 18:35ἐποίησας · have You done
    “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”
  21. John 19:7ἐποίησεν · He declared
    “We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”
  22. John 19:12ποιῶν · declares
    From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
  23. John 19:23ἐποίησαν
    When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
  24. John 19:24ἐποίησαν · did
    So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill the Scripture: “They divided My garments among them, and cast lots for My clothing.” So that is what the soldiers did.
  25. John 20:30ἐποίησεν · performed
    Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book.
  26. John 21:25ἐποίησεν · did
    There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.
  27. Acts 1:1ἐποιησάμην · I wrote; ποιεῖν · to do
    In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
  28. Acts 2:22ἐποίησεν · did
    Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
  29. Acts 2:36ἐποίησεν · has made
    Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
  30. Acts 2:37ποιήσωμεν · shall we do
    When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
  31. Acts 3:12πεποιηκόσιν · [we] had made
    And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?
  32. Acts 4:7ἐποιήσατε · do
    They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
  33. Acts 4:16ποιήσωμεν · shall we do
    “What shall we do with these men?” they asked. “It is clear to everyone living in Jerusalem that a remarkable miracle has occurred through them, and we cannot deny it.
  34. Acts 4:24ποιήσας · made
    When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
  35. Acts 4:28ποιῆσαι · They carried out
    They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
  36. Acts 5:34ποιῆσαι · be put
    But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
  37. Acts 6:8ἐποίει · was performing
    Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
  38. Acts 7:19ποιεῖν · forcing [them]
    He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
  39. Acts 7:24ἐποίησεν
    And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.
  40. Acts 7:36ποιήσας · [and] performed
    He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
  41. Acts 7:40Ποίησον · Make
    They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
  42. Acts 7:43ἐποιήσατε · you made
    You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
  43. Acts 7:44ποιῆσαι · [It was] constructed
    Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
  44. Acts 7:50ἐποίησεν · made
    Has not My hand made all these things?’
  45. Acts 8:2ἐποίησαν
    God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.