Poiéō — G4160

G4160 · Greek — ποιέω

Pronunciation: poy-eh'-o

Definition

verb

to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)

  1. to make (Latineffcio)
      1. with the names of the things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc
      2. below)
      3. joined to nouns denoting a state or condition, it signifies to be the author of, to cause
      4. joined to nouns involving the idea of action (or of something which is accomplished by action), so as to form a periphrasis for the verb cognate to the substantive, and thus to express the idea of the verb more forcibly — in which species of periphrasis the Greeks more commonly use the middle
      5. equivalent to to make ready, to prepare
      6. of things effected by generative force, to produce, bear, shoot forth
      7. ποιῶ ἐμαυτῷ τί, to acquire, to provide a thing for oneself (i. e. for one's use)
    1. With additions to the accusative which define or limit the idea of making
      1. τί ἐκ τίνος (genitive of material), to make a thing out of something
      2. τό ἱκανόν τίνι
      3. below))
      4. with adverbs
      5. ποιῶ τινα with an infinitive to make one do a thing
    2. As the active ποιεῖν , so also the middle ποιεῖσθαι, joined to accusatives of abstract nouns forms a periphrasis for the verb cognate to the substantive
  2. to do (Latinago), i. e. to follow some method in expressing by deeds the feelings and thoughts of the mind
      1. universally, with adverbs describing the mode of action
      2. ποιεῖν τί with the case of a person added
      3. God is said ποιῆσαι τί μετά τίνος, when present with and aiding
      4. with designations of time , to pass, spend
      5. like the Latinago equivalent to to celebrate, keep, with the accusative of a noun designating a feast

Usually translated as

do, make, doing, bring, cause, avenge, bear, commit, continue, execute, keep, perform, put, agree, band together, content, fulfil, journeying, lay wait, lighten the ship, mean, observe, provide, have purged, secure, transgress the law, yield, abide, appoint, be, bewray, cast out, deal, without any delay, exercise, gain, give, have, hold, none of these things move me, ordain, purpose, raising up, shew, shoot out, spend, take, tarry, work

Origin

apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary

Occurrences

Poiéō occurs 573 times in 515 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (72), Mark (47), Luke (81), John (95), Acts (65), Romans (23), 1 Corinthians (13), 2 Corinthians (7), Galatians (6), Ephesians (10), Philippians (3), Colossians (3), 1 Thessalonians (4), 2 Thessalonians (1), 1 Timothy (4), 2 Timothy (1), Titus (1), Philemon (3), Hebrews (18), James (10), 1 Peter (3), 2 Peter (3), 1 John (11), 3 John (3), Jude (2), Revelation (26)

Strong's Lexicon — P