ποιέω | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

ποιέω

Definition

I do, make

Erasmian

Modern

Root

ποιε

Frequency

568

4472

Forms

(ἐποίουν), ποιήσω, ἐποίησα, πεποίηκα, πεποίημαι, ἐποιήθην

Cognates

A poem (poivhma) etymologically means "something done."
A "poet" (poihthvV) is "one who makes."

Mnemonics

She makes a beautiful poem.

Mnemonic Singing

By His love and power controlling all I do and say.

Song

Notes

The translation of this word can sometimes be quite idiomatic.It has a wide range of meaning.

Biblical Concordance

John 9:26	Therefore they said to him, “What did he do (epoiēsen \| ἐποίησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to you? How did he open your eyes?”
John 9:31	We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does (poiē \| ποιῇ \| pres act subj 3 sg) his will, God listens to him.
John 9:33	If this man were not from God, he could do (poiein \| ποιεῖν \| pres act inf ) nothing.”
John 10:25	Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, yet you do not believe. The works that I am doing (poiō \| ποιῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) in my Father’s name speak on my behalf.
John 10:33	The Jews answered him, “It is not for a noble work that we intend to stone you but for blasphemy; it is because you, a mere man, are making (poieis \| ποιεῖς \| pres act ind 2 sg) yourself God.”
John 10:37	If I (poiō \| ποιῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) am (poiō \| ποιῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) not doing (poiō \| ποιῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) the works of my Father, then do not believe me;
John 10:38	but if I am doing (poiō \| ποιῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may come to know and be certain that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father.”
John 10:41	Many people came to him and were saying, “John performed (epoiēsen \| ἐποίησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) no miraculous sign, but everything he said about this man was true!”
John 11:37	But some of them said, “Was not this man, who could open the eyes of the blind man, able to do (poiēsai \| ποιῆσαι \| aor act inf ) something so that Lazarus would not have died?”
John 11:45	Therefore many of the Jews who had come with Mary and seen what he had done (epoiēsen \| ἐποίησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), believed in him.
John 11:46	Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done (epoiēsen \| ἐποίησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg).
John 11:47	So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council together and said, “What are we going to do (poioumen \| ποιοῦμεν \| pres act ind 1 pl)? For this man is (poiei \| ποιεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) performing (poiei \| ποιεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) many signs.
John 12:2	So they made (epoiēsan \| ἐποίησαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) a dinner for him there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with him.
John 12:16	His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him, and that they (epoiēsan \| ἐποίησαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) had (epoiēsan \| ἐποίησαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) done (epoiēsan \| ἐποίησαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) these things to him.
John 12:18	For this reason the crowd went to meet him, that is, because they heard he had (pepoiēkenai \| πεποιηκέναι \| perf act inf ) performed (pepoiēkenai \| πεποιηκέναι \| perf act inf ) this sign.
John 12:37	Though (pepoiēkotos \| πεποιηκότος \| perf act ptcp gen sg masc) he had (pepoiēkotos \| πεποιηκότος \| perf act ptcp gen sg masc) done (pepoiēkotos \| πεποιηκότος \| perf act ptcp gen sg masc) such great signs in their presence, they continued in their unbelief toward him,
John 13:7	Jesus answered him, saying, “What I am doing (poiō \| ποιῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) you do not understand now, but you will come to understand later.”
John 13:12	So when Jesus had washed their feet and put on his outer garments, he sat down at the table again and said to them, “Do you understand what I have just done (pepoiēka \| πεποίηκα \| perf act ind 1 sg) for you?
John 13:15	For I have given you an example, that just as I have done (epoiēsa \| ἐποίησα \| aor act ind 1 sg) to you, you also are to do (poiēte \| ποιῆτε \| pres act subj 2 pl).
John 13:17	If you know these things, blessed are you if you put them into practice (poiēte \| ποιῆτε \| pres act subj 2 pl).
John 13:27	After Judas had taken the morsel of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do (poieis \| ποιεῖς \| pres act ind 2 sg), do (poiēson \| ποίησον \| aor act imperative 2 sg) quickly.”
John 14:10	Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father residing in me is doing (poiei \| ποιεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) his works.
John 14:12	I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes in me will (poiēsei \| ποιήσει \| fut act ind 3 sg) do (poiēsei \| ποιήσει \| fut act ind 3 sg) the works that I do (poiō \| ποιῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg); in fact, greater works than these will he do (poiēsei \| ποιήσει \| fut act ind 3 sg), because I am going to the Father.
John 14:13	And whatever you ask in my name I will do (poiēsō \| ποιήσω \| fut act ind 1 sg), so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 14:14	If you ask me anything in my name, I will do (poiēsō \| ποιήσω \| fut act ind 1 sg) it.