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 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.