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

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.