ποιέω

poieō

Greek G4160 Verb 567 occurrences in 513 verses
ποιέω to do/make: do

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), Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Jhn.9:11, Act.9:39, Rom.9:20, al.; of God as Creator (with accusative of person(s) also), Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Luk.11:40, Act.4:24, Heb.1:2, al.; like Heb. עשׂה, absol. = ἐργάζομαι, to work, Mat.20:12 (cf. Rut.2:19; so AV, but see infr.), Rev.13:5, R, mg. (but see infr.); σκάνδαλα, Rom.16:17; εἰρεήνην, Eph.2:15, Jas.3:18; ἐπίστασιν, Act.24:12; συστροφήν, Act.23:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Luk.1:68, Act.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, Mrk.2:23; πόλεμον, Rev.11:7, al.; ἐκδίκησιν, Luk.18:7, 8; ἐνέδραν, Act.25:3; κρίσιν, Jhn.5:27, Ju 15; ἔργα, Jhn.5:36, al.; (σημεῖα), Jhn.2:23 and freq., Act.2:22, al.; so also mid. ποιεῖσθαι: μονήν, Jhn.14:23; πορείαν, Luk.13:22; κοινωνίαν, Rom.15:26; of food, to make ready, prepare: δεῖπνον, Mrk.6:21, al.; δοχήν, Luk.5:29 14:13; γάμους, Mat.22:2; of time, to spend (cl.): ὥραν, Mat.20:12, RV (but see supr. and cf. McN, in l.); μῆνας, Rev.13:5, R, txt. (cf. Swete, in l.; but see supr.); ἐνιαυτόν, Jas.4:13; with accusative before ἐκ, Jhn.2:15, al.; with accusative and accusative pred., Mat.3:3 12:16, Mrk.1:3 3:12, Jhn.5:11, al.; with adv., καλῶς, Mrk.7:37; ἑορτὴν π. (Dem., Exo.23:16, al.), Act.18:21, Rec.; πάσχα, Mat.26:18; to make or offer a sacrifice (Plat., Xen., al.; Job.42:8, 3Ki.11:33; so some understand τοῦτο ποιεῖτε, Luk.22:19, but see Abbott, Essays, 110ff.); before ἵνα (WM, 422f.; M, Pr., 228), Jhn.11:37, Col.4:16, Rev.3:9.

2. to do, perform, carry out, execute: absol., with adv., καλῶς π., Mat.12:12, 1Co.7:37, 38 Jas.2:19; id. before ptcp. (cl.; see M, Pr., 228), Act.10:33, Php.4:14, 2Pe.1:19, 3Jo.6; οὕτως, Mat.24:46, Luk.9:15, al.; ὡς (καθώς), Mat.1:24 2:16, al.; ὁμοίως, Luk.3:11; ὡσαύτως, Mat.20:5; with ptcp., ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα, 1Ti.1:13; with accusative of thing(s): τί interrog., Mat.12:3, Mrk.2:25, Luk.6:2, al.; τοῦτο, Mat.13:28, Mrk.5:32, Luk.22:19 (WH om.; see supr., ref. to Abbott, Essays), Rom.7:20, al.; with nouns expressing command or regulation: τ. νόμον (not as in cl., to make a law), Jhn.7:19, Gal.5:3 (cf. in LXX, Jos.22:5, 1Ch.22:12, al.); τ. ἐντολάς, Mat.5:19; similarly with other nouns expressing conduct: τ. δικαιοσύνην, Mat.6:1, al.; τ. ἀλήθειαν, Jhn.3:21, al., etc.; with dupl. accusative, Mat.27:22, Mrk.15:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s) (commod., incomm.; rare in cl.), Mat.7:12, Mrk.5:19, 20 Luk.1:49, Jhn.9:26, al.

SYN.: 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 Jhn.3:21; ICC on Rom.1:32). (AS)

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  1. Acts 24:12 ποιοῦντα

    Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.

  2. Acts 24:17 ποιήσων

    After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.

  3. Acts 25:3 ποιοῦντες

    to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

  4. Acts 25:17 ποιησάμενος

    So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.

  5. Acts 26:10 ἐποίησα

    And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

  6. Acts 26:28 ποιῆσαι

    Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”

  7. Acts 27:18 ἐποιοῦντο

    We were tossed so violently that the next day the men began to jettison the cargo.

  8. Acts 28:17 ποιήσας

    After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.

  9. Romans 1:9 ποιοῦμαι

    God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

  10. Romans 1:28 ποιεῖν

    Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

  11. Romans 1:32 ποιοῦσιν

    Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

  12. Romans 2:3 ποιῶν

    So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?

  13. Romans 2:14 ποιῶσιν

    Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

  14. Romans 3:8 Ποιήσωμεν

    Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

  15. Romans 3:12 ποιῶν

    All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”

  16. Romans 4:21 ποιῆσαι

    being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.

  17. Romans 7:15 ποιῶ

    I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

  18. Romans 7:16 ποιῶ

    And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.

  19. Romans 7:19 ποιῶ

    For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.

  20. Romans 7:20 ποιῶ

    And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

  21. Romans 7:21 ποιεῖν

    So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

  22. Romans 9:20 ἐποίησας

    But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

  23. Romans 9:21 ποιῆσαι

    Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?

  24. Romans 9:28 ποιήσει

    For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”

  25. Romans 10:5 ποιήσας

    For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”

  26. Romans 12:20 ποιῶν

    On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

  27. Romans 13:3 ποίει

    For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.

  28. Romans 13:4 ποιῇς

    For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.

  29. Romans 13:14 ποιεῖσθε

    Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

  30. Romans 15:26 ποιήσασθαι

    For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

  31. Romans 16:17 ποιοῦντας

    Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.

  32. 1 Corinthians 6:15 ποιήσω

    Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

  33. 1 Corinthians 6:18 ποιήσῃ

    Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

  34. 1 Corinthians 7:36 ποιείτω

    However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.

  35. 1 Corinthians 7:37 ποιήσει

    But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.

  36. 1 Corinthians 7:38 ποιεῖποιήσει

    So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.

  37. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

  38. 1 Corinthians 10:13 ποιήσει

    No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

  39. 1 Corinthians 10:31 ποιεῖτεποιεῖτε

    So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

  40. 1 Corinthians 11:24 ποιεῖτε

    and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

  41. 1 Corinthians 11:25 ποιεῖτε

    In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

  42. 1 Corinthians 15:29 ποιήσουσιν

    If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?

  43. 1 Corinthians 16:1 ποιήσατε

    Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:

  44. 2 Corinthians 5:21 ἐποίησεν

    God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

  45. 2 Corinthians 8:10 ποιῆσαι

    And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.

  46. 2 Corinthians 8:11 ποιῆσαι

    Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.

  47. 2 Corinthians 11:7 ἐποίησα

    Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?

  48. 2 Corinthians 11:12 ποιῶποιήσω

    But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.

  49. 2 Corinthians 11:25 πεποίηκα

    Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

  50. 2 Corinthians 13:7 ποιῆσαιποιῆτε

    Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if we appear to have failed.

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