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

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.