ποιέω poieō

Greek word for “to do/make” · Strong’s G4160 · used 569 times in 515 verses

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Meaning

ποιέω, -ῶ; 1. to make, produce, create, cause: with accusative of thing(s), al.;

Senses in the lexicon

• to do/make: do (556)
• to do/make: appoint (7)
• to do/make: spend(TIME) (5)
• to do/make: make (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for poieō in context, with how often each is used:

• do 75
• did 59
• doing 48
• made 22
• make 21
• will do 20
• may do 18
• do perform 17
• having done 16
• making 15
• do make 13
• having made 13

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 6 (13), Matthew 21 (11), John 5 (10), John 8 (9), Matthew 7 (8), Luke 3 (8), John 6 (8), John 7 (8), Luke 12 (7), John 4 (7)

Forms

• ἐποίησεν 72
• ποιῆσαι 47
• ποιεῖτε 34
• ποιεῖ 28
• ποιῶν 27
• ποιήσω 25
• ποιεῖν 25
• ποιῶ 23
• ποιήσας 20
• ποιήσει 18

Words used with it

Words that share verses with poieō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐάν ean “if” 45
• πατήρ patēr “father” 39
• σημεῖον sēmeion “sign” 25
• ἔργον ergon “work” 30
• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 33
• θέλω thelō “to will/desire” 29
• ὅσος hosos “just as/how much” 24
• μετά meta “with/after” 34
• θέλημα thelēma “will/desire” 19
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 30
• εἷς ehis “one” 27
• πολύς polus “much” 27

Key verses

The verses using poieō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no…
• Acts 14:15 — And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the…
• Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received…
• Romans 1:28 — And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
• 2 Corinthians 5:21 — For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
• Titus 3:5 — Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
• Hebrews 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• Hebrews 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged…
• Hebrews 13:21 — Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and…
• James 2:13 — For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
• Revelation 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast,…
• Revelation 22:15 — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.