Poiētḗs — G4163

Definition

masculine noun

a performer; specially, a "poet";

1. a maker, producer, author
2. a doer, performer (Vulg.factor)
3. a poet

Usually translated as

doer, poet

Origin

from G4160

• poiéō (G4160)

Occurrences

Poiētḗs occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), Romans (1), James (4)

• Acts 17:28 — For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets (ποιητῶν) have said, For we are also his offspring.
• Romans 2:13 — (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers (ποιηταὶ) of the law shall be justified.
• James 1:22 — But be ye doers (ποιηταὶ) of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
• James 1:23 — For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer (ποιητὴς), he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
• James 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer (ποιητὴς) of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
• James 4:11 — Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer (ποιητὴς) of the law, but a judge.