ποιέω

Vocabulary form:

poievw

Definition:

I do, make

Frequency:

568

GK:

4472

Root:

poie

Forms:

(ejpoivoun), poihvsw, ejpoivhsa, pepoivhka, pepoivhmai, ejpoihvqhn

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

John 2:18	The Jews therefore replied, saying to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your (poieis \| ποιεῖς \| pres act ind 2 sg) authority (poieis \| ποιεῖς \| pres act ind 2 sg) to (poieis \| ποιεῖς \| pres act ind 2 sg) do (poieis \| ποιεῖς \| pres act ind 2 sg) all this?”
John 2:23	Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem during the festival of Passover, many people put their trust in his name, for they saw miraculous signs he was performing (epoiei \| ἐποίει \| imperf act ind 3 sg).
John 3:2	This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one is able to (poiein \| ποιεῖν \| pres act inf ) perform (poiein \| ποιεῖν \| pres act inf ) the miraculous signs that you are doing (poieis \| ποιεῖς \| pres act ind 2 sg) unless God is with him.”
John 3:21	But the one who does (poiōn \| ποιῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) the truth comes to the light, so that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”
John 4:1	Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was (poiei \| ποιεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) making (poiei \| ποιεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) and baptizing more disciples than John
John 4:29	“Come and see a man who told me everything I (epoiēsa \| ἐποίησα \| aor act ind 1 sg) have (epoiēsa \| ἐποίησα \| aor act ind 1 sg) ever done! (epoiēsa \| ἐποίησα \| aor act ind 1 sg) Could this man be the Messiah?”
John 4:34	Jesus said to them, “My food is to do (poiēsō \| ποιήσω \| aor act subj 1 sg) the will of him who sent me and to accomplish the work he gave me to do.
John 4:39	Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of what the woman had said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.” (epoiēsa \| ἐποίησα \| aor act ind 1 sg)
John 4:45	When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done (epoiēsen \| ἐποίησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) in Jerusalem during the feast (for they too had gone to the feast).
John 4:46	So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made (epoiēsen \| ἐποίησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) the water wine. Now in Capernaum there was a certain officer in the royal service whose son was ill.
John 4:54	Now this was the second sign that Jesus performed (epoiēsen \| ἐποίησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) after coming from Judea into Galilee.
John 5:11	But he answered them, “The man who made (poiēsas \| ποιήσας \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
John 5:15	The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made (poiēsas \| ποιήσας \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) him well.
John 5:16	And this is why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he (epoiei \| ἐποίει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) was (epoiei \| ἐποίει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) doing (epoiei \| ἐποίει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) these things on the Sabbath.
John 5:18	This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he not only used to break the Sabbath, but he also was calling God his own Father, thus making (poiōn \| ποιῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) himself equal with God.
John 5:19	Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do (poiein \| ποιεῖν \| pres act inf ) nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing (poiounta \| ποιοῦντα \| pres act ptcp acc sg masc); for whatever the Father does (poiē \| ποιῇ \| pres act subj 3 sg), the Son is (poiei \| ποιεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) doing (poiei \| ποιεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) likewise.
John 5:20	For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he is doing (poiei \| ποιεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg); and he will show him greater works than these, and you will be amazed.
John 5:27	and he has given him authority to (poiein \| ποιεῖν \| pres act inf ) execute (poiein \| ποιεῖν \| pres act inf ) judgment because he is the Son of Man.
John 5:29	and will come out — those who (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) good, to a resurrection unto life, and those who have practiced evil, to a resurrection unto condemnation.
John 5:30	I can do (poiein \| ποιεῖν \| pres act inf ) nothing on my own; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
John 5:36	But I have a witness greater than that of John; for the works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing (poiō \| ποιῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg), bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.
John 6:2	A large crowd was following him because they saw the miraculous signs he was performing (epoiei \| ἐποίει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) on those who were sick.
John 6:6	He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was about to do (poiein \| ποιεῖν \| pres act inf ).
John 6:10	Jesus said, “Have (poiēsate \| ποιήσατε \| aor act imperative 2 pl) the people sit down.” (There was plenty of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.
John 6:14	So when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus had performed (epoiēsen \| ἐποίησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), they began to say, “This is truly the prophet who was to come into the world.”
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.

ποιέω

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