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

Mark 11:3 If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing (poieite | ποιεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send it back as soon as possible.’”
Mark 11:5 And some of those standing there said to them, “What are you doing (poieite | ποιεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl), untying the colt?”
Mark 11:17 And he was teaching and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made (pepoiēkate | πεποιήκατε | perf act ind 2 pl) it ‘a hideout for robbers.’”
Mark 11:28 and were asking him, “By what authority are (poieis | ποιεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) you (poieis | ποιεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) doing (poieis | ποιεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) these things?” and, “Who gave you this authority to do (poiēs | ποιῇς | pres act subj 2 sg) these things?”
Mark 11:29 But Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one thing; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I (poiō | ποιῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) do (poiō | ποιῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) these things.
Mark 11:33 So in answer to Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I (poiō | ποιῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) am (poiō | ποιῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) doing (poiō | ποιῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) these things.”
Mark 12:9 What therefore will the owner of the vineyard do (poiēsei | ποιήσει | fut act ind 3 sg)? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others.
Mark 14:7 For you will always have the poor with you, and whenever you want you can do (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) something good for them, but you will not always have me.
Mark 14:8 She (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) has (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) done (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.
Mark 14:9 I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) done (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) will also be told in memory of her.”
Mark 15:1 As soon as it was morning, the ruling priests, after (poiēsantes | ποιήσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) holding (poiēsantes | ποιήσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) a consultation with the elders and scribes and the entire council, bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.
Mark 15:7 Among the rebels in prison, who in the insurrection had (pepoiēkeisan | πεποιήκεισαν | pluperf act ind 3 pl) committed (pepoiēkeisan | πεποιήκεισαν | pluperf act ind 3 pl) murder, there was a man called Barabbas.
Mark 15:8 And coming up, the crowd began to ask Pilate to do as he usually did (epoiei | ἐποίει | imperf act ind 3 sg) for them.
Mark 15:12 And Pilate, answering again said to them, “What, then, do you want me to do (poiēsō | ποιήσω | aor act subj 1 sg) with the man you call the king of the Jews?”
Mark 15:14 And Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) But they cried out all the more, “Crucify him!”
Mark 15:15 So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released to them Barabbas; and having scourged Jesus, he handed him over to be crucified.
Luke 1:25 “Thus the Lord has (pepoiēken | πεποίηκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) done (pepoiēken | πεποίηκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) for me in the days in which he looked with favor to take away my reproach among people.”
Luke 1:49 because the Almighty has done (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) great things for me. His name is holy,
Luke 1:51 “He has displayed (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) might with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
Luke 1:68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and brought (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) redemption to his people.
Luke 1:72 He has done (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) this to show the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant,
Luke 2:27 So he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) for him according to the custom of the Law,
Luke 2:48 And when they saw him, they were astounded, and his mother said to him, “Child, why did you treat (epoiēsas | ἐποίησας | aor act ind 2 sg) us like this? Look, your father and I have been terribly worried trying to find you.”
Luke 3:4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one calling out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make (poieite | ποιεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) the paths straight for him.
Luke 3:8 Bear (poiēsate | ποιήσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl), then, fruits worthy of repentance. Do not even begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able, out of these stones, to raise up children to Abraham.

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