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

John 6:15 Therefore when Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make (poiēsōsin | ποιήσωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) him king, he withdrew again up the mountainside alone.
John 6:28 Therefore they said to him, “What must we do (poiōmen | ποιῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) to carry out the works God requires?”
John 6:30 Then they said to him, “So what miraculous sign will you perform (poieis | ποιεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) that we may see it and believe in you? What will you do?
John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do (poiō | ποιῶ | pres act subj 1 sg) my own will but to do the will of him who sent me.
John 7:3 So his brothers said to him, “You should leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may observe the works you are doing (poieis | ποιεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg).
John 7:4 For no one acts (poiei | ποιεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) in secret if he desires public recognition. If you (poieis | ποιεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) are (poieis | ποιεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) doing (poieis | ποιεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) these things, show yourself to the world.”
John 7:17 If anyone is willing to (poiein | ποιεῖν | pres act inf ) do (poiein | ποιεῖν | pres act inf ) God’s will, he will know about the teaching, whether it comes from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
John 7:19 “Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps (poiei | ποιεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”
John 7:21 Jesus answered, saying to them, “I (epoiēsa | ἐποίησα | aor act ind 1 sg) performed (epoiēsa | ἐποίησα | aor act ind 1 sg) one work, and you are all astonished.
John 7:23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I (epoiēsa | ἐποίησα | aor act ind 1 sg) made (epoiēsa | ἐποίησα | aor act ind 1 sg) an entire man well on the Sabbath?
John 7:31 Yet many of the crowd believed in him, saying, “When the Christ comes, he (poiēsei | ποιήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) will (poiēsei | ποιήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) not perform (poiēsei | ποιήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) more miraculous signs than this man has (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg), will he?”
John 7:51 “Surely our law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and finds out what he is doing (poiei | ποιεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg), does it?”
John 8:28 So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he. I (poiō | ποιῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) do (poiō | ποιῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) nothing on my own, but speak only those things the Father has taught me.
John 8:29 And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do (poiō | ποιῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) what is pleasing to him.”
John 8:34 Jesus answered them, “I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who commits (poiōn | ποιῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) sin is a slave to sin.
John 8:38 I speak about the things I have seen while with my Father, but you do (poieite | ποιεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) that which you have heard from your father.”
John 8:39 They answered him, saying, “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said to them, “If you were really Abraham’s children, you (epoieite | ἐποιεῖτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) would (epoieite | ἐποιεῖτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) be (epoieite | ἐποιεῖτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) doing (epoieite | ἐποιεῖτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) the deeds of Abraham.
John 8:40 But now you are intent on killing me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did! (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg)
John 8:41 You are doing (poieite | ποιεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) the deeds of your father.” They said to him, “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father, God himself.”
John 8:44 You belong to your father the devil, and your will is to (poiein | ποιεῖν | pres act inf ) carry (poiein | ποιεῖν | pres act inf ) out (poiein | ποιεῖν | pres act inf ) the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and never did stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he is giving expression to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 8:53 Surely you are not greater than our father Abraham, are you? He died as did the prophets. Who are (poieis | ποιεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) you (poieis | ποιεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) making (poieis | ποιεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) yourself out to be?”
John 9:6 After saying this, he spat on the ground and made (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) mud with his saliva; then he daubed the mud on the man’s eyes
John 9:11 He answered, “The man called Jesus made (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) mud, daubed it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went there and washed, and I was able to see.”
John 9:14 Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the mud and opened his eyes.
John 9:16 Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform (poiein | ποιεῖν | pres act inf ) miraculous signs like this?” And there was a division among them.

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