Forms of the word

Dictionary
ποιέω
Greek transliteration
poieō
Simplified transliteration
poieo
Principal Parts
(ἐποίουν), ποιήσω, ἐποίησα, πεποίηκα, πεποίημαι, ἐποιήθην

Numbers

Strong's number
4160
GK Number
4472

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
568
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(2a)
Gloss
to do, make, practice, produce, a generic term of action or performance: note the many contextual translations in the NIV
Definition
pluperf., πεποιήκειν, to make, form, construct, Mt. 17:4; Mk. 9:5; Jn. 2:15; of God, to create, Mt. 19:4; Acts 4:24; to make, prepare a feast, etc., Mt. 22:2; Mk. 6:21; met. to make, establish, ratify, a covenant, Heb. 8:9; to make, assume, consider, regard, Mt. 12:33; to make, effect, bring to pass, cause to take place, do, accomplish, Mt. 7:22; 21:21; Mk. 3:8; 6:5; 7:37; met. to perfect, accomplish, fulfil, put in execution a purpose, promise, etc., Lk. 16:4; 19:48; to cause, make, Mt. 5:32; Jn. 11:37; Acts 24:12; to make gain, gain, acquire, Mt. 25:16; Lk. 19:18; to get, procure, Lk. 12:33; to make, to cause to be or become a thing, Mt. 21:13; 23:15; to use, treat, Lk. 15:19; to make, constitute, appoint to some office, Mt. 4:19; Mk. 3:14; to make, declare to be, 1 Jn. 1:10; 5:10; to do, to perform, execute, practise, act, Mt. 5:46, 47, 6:2, 3; to commit evil, Mt. 13:41; 27:23; to be devoted to, follow, practise, Jn. 3:21; 5:29; Rom. 3:12; to do, execute, fulfil, keep, observe, obey, precepts, etc., Mt. 1:24; 5:19; 7:21, 24, 26; to bring evil upon, inflict, Acts 9:13; to keep, celebrate a festival, Mt. 26:18; to institute the celebration of a festival, Heb. 11:28; ποιειν τινα ἔξω, to cause to leave a place, i.q. ἔξω ἄγειν, to lead or conduct out, Acts 5:34; to pass, spend time, continue for a time, Mt. 20:12; Acts 15:33; 18:23; Jas. 4:13; to bear, as trees, yield, produce, Mt. 3:8, 10; 7:17, 18, 19; with a substantive or adjective it forms a periphrasis for the verb corresponding to the noun or adjective, e.g. δῆλον ποιειν, i.q. δηλοῦν, to make manifest, betray, Mt. 26:73; ἐκδικησιν ποιειν, i.q. ἐδικειν, to vindicate, avenge, Lk. 18:7, 8; ἔκθετον ποιειν, i.q. ἐκτιθέναι, to expose infants, Acts 7:19; ἐνέδραν ποιειν, i.q. ἐνεδρεύειν, to lie in wait, Acts 25:3; ἐξουσιαν ποιειν, i.q. ἐξουσιάζειν, to exercise power or authority, Rev. 13:12; κρισιν ποιειν, i.q. κρινειν, to judge, act as judge, Jn. 5:27; λύτρωσιν ποιειν, i.q. λυτροῦν, to deliver, set free, Lk. 1:68; μονὴν ποιειν, i.q. μένειν, to remain, dwell, Jn. 14:23; πόλεμον ποιειν, i.q. πολεμειν, to make or wage war, fight, Rev. 11:7; συμβούλοιν ποιειν, i.q. συμβουλεύεσθαι, to consult together, deliberate, Mk. 3:6; συνωμοσιαν ποιειν, i.q. συνομνύναι, and συστροφὴν ποιειν, i.q. συστρέφεσθαι, to conspire together, form a conspiracy, Acts 23:12, 13; φανερὸν ποιειν, i.q. φανεροῦν, to make known, betray, Mt. 12:16; ἀναβολὴν ποιεσθαι, i.q. ἀναβάλλεσθαι, to delay, procrastinate, Acts 25:17; βέβαιον ποιεισθαι, i.q. βεβαιοῦν, to confirm, render firm and sure, 2 Pet. 1:10; δεήσεις ποιεισθαι, i.q. δεισθαι, to pray, offer prayer, Lk. 5:33; ἐκβολὴν ποιεισθαι, i.q. ἐκβάλλειν, to cast out, throw overboard, Acts 27:18; καθαρισμὸν ποιεισθαι, i.q. καθαριζειν, to cleanse from sin, Heb. 1:3; κοινωνιαν ποιεισθαι, i.q. κοινωνειν, to communicate in liberality, bestow alms, Rom. 15:26; κοπετὸν ποιειν, i.q. κόπτεσθαι, to lament, bewail, Acts 8:2; λόγον ποιεισθαι, to regard, make account of, Acts 20:24; μνειαν ποιεισθαι, i.q. μνησθῆναι, to call to mind, Rom. 1:9; μνήμην ποιεισθαι, to remember, retain in memory, 2 Pet. 1:15; πορειαν ποιεισθαι, i.q. πορεύεσθαι, to go, journey, travel, Lk. 13:22; πρόνοιαν ποιεισθαι, i.q. προνοεισθαι, to take care of, provide for, Rom. 13:14; σπουδὴν ποιεισθαι, to act with diligence and earnestness, Jude 3

Greek-English Concordance for ποιέω

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, as indeed you are doing (poieite | ποιεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl).
1 Thessalonians 5:24 The one who calls you is faithful, and he will (poiēsei | ποιήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) surely do (poiēsei | ποιήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) it.
2 Thessalonians 3:4 And we are confident in the Lord regarding you, that you are doing (poieite | ποιεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) and will continue to do (poiēsete | ποιήσετε | fut act ind 2 pl) the things we require of you.
1 Timothy 1:13 even though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and an insolent person. But I was shown mercy since, being ignorant, I had acted (epoiēsa | ἐποίησα | aor act ind 1 sg) in unbelief;
1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I urge you to make (poieisthai | ποιεῖσθαι | pres pass inf ) requests, prayers, petitions, and expressions of thanksgiving on behalf of all people
1 Timothy 4:16 Watch yourself and the teaching; be persistent in them; for by (poiōn | ποιῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) so doing (poiōn | ποιῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) you will save both yourself and those hearing you.
1 Timothy 5:21 I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels that you keep these things without prejudging, doing (poiōn | ποιῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) nothing with partiality.
2 Timothy 4:5 But you, be clear-minded in everything. Suffer evil. Do (poiēson | ποίησον | aor act imperative 2 sg) the work of an evangelist. Complete your ministry.
Titus 3:5 not because of works of righteousness that we did (epoiēsamen | ἐποιήσαμεν | aor act ind 1 pl) but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
Philemon 1:4 I always thank my God when (poioumenos | ποιούμενος | pres mid ptcp nom sg masc) I (poioumenos | ποιούμενος | pres mid ptcp nom sg masc) remember you in my prayers,
Philemon 1:14 but I did not want to (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) do (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) anything without your consent, so that your helpfulness might not be by compulsion but by your own free will.
Philemon 1:21 Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you (poiēseis | ποιήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) will (poiēseis | ποιήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) do (poiēseis | ποιήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) even more than I say.
Hebrews 1:2 but in these final days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom he (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) also created (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the material universe.
Hebrews 1:3 This Son is the radiance of his glory and the exact representation of his nature, and although sustaining all there is by the word of his power, yet (poiēsamenos | ποιησάμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) made (poiēsamenos | ποιησάμενος | aor mid ptcp nom sg masc) purification for sins, and then sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Hebrews 1:7 Regarding the angels he says, “He makes (poiōn | ποιῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire.”
Hebrews 3:2 was faithful to the one who appointed (poiēsanti | ποιήσαντι | aor act ptcp dat sg masc) him in all his house, as Moses also was.
Hebrews 6:3 And we (poiēsomen | ποιήσομεν | fut act ind 1 pl) will (poiēsomen | ποιήσομεν | fut act ind 1 pl) do (poiēsomen | ποιήσομεν | fut act ind 1 pl) this, if God permits.
Hebrews 7:27 He has no need to offer up daily sacrifices, like those other high priests, first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, for this he did (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) once for all when he offered up himself.
Hebrews 8:5 The place where they serve is a shadowy suggestion of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for he said, “See that you make (poiēseis | ποιήσεις | fut act ind 2 sg) everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
Hebrews 8:9 It will not be like the covenant that I made (epoiēsa | ἐποίησα | aor act ind 1 sg) with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I abandoned them, says the Lord.
Hebrews 10:7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come — in the scroll of a book it is written about me — to do (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) your will, O God.’”
Hebrews 10:9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
Hebrews 10:36 You have need of endurance, then, so that after (poiēsantes | ποιήσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) you (poiēsantes | ποιήσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) have (poiēsantes | ποιήσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) done (poiēsantes | ποιήσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
Hebrews 11:28 By faith he kept (pepoiēken | πεποίηκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroying angel would not touch their firstborn.
Hebrews 12:13 and make (poieite | ποιεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather healed.

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