Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

ποιέω

Vocabulary form: 
ποιέω
Definition: 

I do; make

Frequency: 
568
GK: 
4472
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.

Notes: 

The translation of this word can sometimes be quite idiomatic.It has a wide range of meaning.

Biblical Concordance

2 Corinthians 13:7 Now we pray to God that you may (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) not do (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) anything wrong, not that we would appear as having passed the test, but that you may (poiēte | ποιῆτε | pres act subj 2 pl) do (poiēte | ποιῆτε | pres act subj 2 pl) what is right even though we may appear as having failed.
Galatians 2:10 They asked only that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I too was eager to do (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ).
Galatians 3:10 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things written in the book of the law, to do (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) them.”
Galatians 3:12 However, the law is not of faith; on the contrary, it teaches that “the one who does (poiēsas | ποιήσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) them will live by them.”
Galatians 5:3 And furthermore I declare to every man who agrees to circumcision that he is obligated to (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) obey (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) the entire law.
Galatians 5:17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to one another, to keep you (poiēte | ποιῆτε | pres act subj 2 pl) from doing (poiēte | ποιῆτε | pres act subj 2 pl) the things you want to do.
Galatians 6:9 So let us not grow tired of doing (poiountes | ποιοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) what is right, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
Ephesians 1:16 I do not cease giving thanks for you, making (poioumenos | ποιούμενος | pres mid ptcp nom sg masc) mention of you in my prayers,
Ephesians 2:3 Among them we also once lived in the passions of our flesh, gratifying (poiountes | ποιοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) the desires and impulses of the flesh, and were by nature children of wrath, just like everyone else.
Ephesians 2:14 For he is our peace, who has made (poiēsas | ποιήσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) us both one and has broken down the dividing wall, having abolished in his flesh the hostility,
Ephesians 2:15 the law of commandments and regulations, so as to create in himself one new man from the two, thus making (poiōn | ποιῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) peace,
Ephesians 3:11 according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished (epoiēsen | ἐποίησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) in Christ Jesus our Lord,
Ephesians 3:20 Now to the one who is able to (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) do (poiēsai | ποιῆσαι | aor act inf ) far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or imagine, according to the power that is working within us,
Ephesians 4:16 from whom the whole body, joined and brought together by every supporting ligament, according to the working of each individual part, makes (poieitai | ποιεῖται | pres mid ind 3 sg) the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Ephesians 6:6 not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ doing (poiountes | ποιοῦντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) the will of God from the heart,
Ephesians 6:8 knowing that each person, if he (poiēsē | ποιήσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) does (poiēsē | ποιήσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) something good, will be repaid by the Lord for this, whether he is a slave or free.
Ephesians 6:9 And masters, do (poieite | ποιεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) the same to them, giving up the use of threats, knowing that the one who is both their master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no favoritism with him.
Philippians 1:4 Always in every prayer of mine for all of you I pray with joy,
Philippians 2:14 Do (poieite | ποιεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) all things without grumbling or arguing,
Philippians 4:14 However, you (epoiēsate | ἐποιήσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) have (epoiēsate | ἐποιήσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) acted (epoiēsate | ἐποιήσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) nobly, sharing with me in my distress.
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do (poiēte | ποιῆτε | pres act subj 2 pl) in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do (poiēte | ποιῆτε | pres act subj 2 pl), do it heartily, as for the Lord, not for men,
Colossians 4:16 And after this letter has been read among you, this letter see (poiēsate | ποιήσατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) that it is read also in the church of the Laodiceans, church and that you read the one from Laodicea that as well. you read
1 Thessalonians 1:2 We continually give thanks to God for all of you, making (poioumenoi | ποιούμενοι | pres mid ptcp nom pl masc) mention of you in our prayers, unceasingly
1 Thessalonians 4:10 Indeed you do (poieite | ποιεῖτε | pres act ind 2 pl) show love toward all the brothers throughout Macedonia, but we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.
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.

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