Greek · Strong's G4160 · Verb

ποιέω

poieō

to do/make: do

566times used
509verses
26books

How it's translated

Definition

ποιέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה ;]

1. to make, produce, create, cause: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Jhn.9:11, Act.9:39, Rom.9:20, al.; of God as Creator (with accusative of person(s) also), Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Luk.11:40, Act.4:24, Heb.1:2, al.; like Heb. עשׂה, absol. = ἐργάζομαι, to work, Mat.20:12 (cf. Rut.2:19; so AV, but see infr.), Rev.13:5, R, mg. (but see infr.); σκάνδαλα, Rom.16:17; εἰρεήνην, Eph.2:15, Jas.3:18; ἐπίστασιν, Act.24:12; συστροφήν, Act…

Other senses of this number: to do/make: make, to do/make: appoint, to do/make: spend(TIME)

The forms it takes

Tense

  • Aorist 46% a whole action, seen as complete
  • Present 40% ongoing or repeated action
  • Future 8% something still to come
  • Imperfect 3% ongoing action in the past
  • Perfect 3% done, and still standing
  • Pluperfect <1% had been done, with results then

Mood and form

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Its meaning group

Perform, Do › Do, Perform 50% of uses

Case › Agent of a Numerable Event 28% of uses

Be, Become, Exist, Happen › State 13% of uses

Behavior and Related States › Behavior, Conduct 8% of uses

Words with a similar meaning

Between Hebrew and Greek

In the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), this word translates these Hebrew words, which helps show what New Testament writers heard in it:

Where it appears

Matthewacross the New TestamentRevelation

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Every verse

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