Do, done, did, doing; Make, made, makes, making; Perform, Practice (4160) (poieo) occurs 568 times, primarily in the Gospels and in a wide variety of contexts, which makes it difficult to do a simple word study.
BDAG says poieo is "a multivalent term (possessing many meanings), often without pointed semantic (relating to meaning in language) significance, used in reference to a broad range of activity involving such matters as bringing something into being, bringing something to pass, or simply interacting in some way with a variety of entities." (BDAG)
Poieo is primarily translated with the idea of to DO (to bring to pass, to carry out, to bring about, to accomplish), to MAKE (to construct or fashion something out of existing material) to PERFORM.
To do, expressing an action as continued or not yet completed, what one does repeatedly, habitually as in 1Jn 2:29, where poieo is in the present tense conveying the sense of a habitual practice (1Jn 2:29, 3:4, 3:7-10). This distinction is especially significant in First John, because the present tense helps one distinguish whether an individual is a true believer or not.
Poieo means "to execute” in Jn 5:27; Jude 1:15 speaking of the Son of God’s divine authority to “execute (i.e., make, accomplish) judgment” on the wicked.
Poieo with the sense of "to make" (made, making) (Notice the variety of things which are made, from supper to tabernacles to covenants - it is an interesting list!) - Note that some of the senses of "make" refer to building, fashioning or constructing. In other passages poieo conveys the underlying sense of “bringing about” a particular effect, or change, in the state of a person or object, as Jesus declares to His disciples (Mt 4:19) that He will make them “fishers of men.” Here are some examples of what one makes (or does not make) - a path straight (Mt 3:3, Mk 1:3), hair white or black (Mt 5:36), three tabernacles (Mt 17:4), male and female (Mt 19:4), make laborers equal (Mt 20:12), make to become fishers of men (Mk 1:17 = the sense is "to appoint"), not make known (Mk 3:12), made a supper (Mk 6:21), makes deaf to hear (Mk 7:37), made temple a den of thieves (Mk 11:17), made a great feast (Lk 5:29), make the children fast (Lk 5:34), made the outside (Lk 11:40), make a dinner (14.12" class="scriptRef">Lk 14:12), make a feast (Lk 14:13), make a great supper (Lk 14:16), make one of the hired hands (Lk 15:19), make friends for yourselves by means of the mammon of unrighteousness (Lk 16:9), made a scourge (Jn 2:15), making disciples (Jn 4:1), made water wine (Jn 4:46), made him whole (Jn 5:15), make Himself equal with God (Jn 5:18), make the men sit (Jn 6:10), make Him a king (Jn 6:15), made an entire man well (Jn 7:23), make Yourself out to be (Jn 8:53, 19:7), made clay (Jn 9:11, 14), make Himself out to be God (Jn 10:33), made Him supper (Jn 12:2), made a fire of colas (Jn 18:18), makes himself a king (Jn 19:12), account I made (composed) (Acts 1:1), made him walk (Acts 3:12), didst make the Heaven (Acts 4:24), make for us gods (Acts 7:40), images which you made to worship (Acts 7:43), make it (tabernacle) according to the pattern (Acts 7:44, cp Heb 8:5), "My hand which made all these things" (Acts 7:50), made loud lamentation (Acts 8:2), garments that Dorcas used to make (Acts 9:39), made the world (Acts 17:24), He made from one every nation of mankind (Acts 17:26), made silver shrines of Artemis (Acts 19:24), made (formed) a conspiracy (Acts 23:13), make mention (Ro 1:9, 1Th 1:2, Philemon 1:4, cp Phil 1:4), Why did you make me like this? (Ro 9:20), make a contribution (Ro 15:26), make them members of a harlot (1Cor 6:15), make the way of escape (1Cor 10:13), made Him to be sin for us (2Cor 5:21), making mention (Eph 1:16), made both one (Eph 2:14), thanksgiving be made (1Ti 2:1), made the world (Heb 1:2), made purification (Heb 1:3), make all things according to the pattern (Heb 8:5), covenant which I made (Heb 8:9), make straight paths (Heb 12:13), as of things that are made (created) (Heb 12:27), make peace (James 3:18), make your calling and election sure (2Pe 1:10), make Him a liar) (1Jn 1:10, 5:10), made us a kingdom (kings) (Rev 1:6, 5:10), make them to come and bow down (Rev 3:9), make him a pillar (Rev 3:12), make war (Rev 11:7, 12:17, 13:7), makes fire come down (Rev 13:13), make an image to the beast (Rev 13:14), worship Him Who made heaven and earth (Rev 14:7), make her desolate and naked (Rev 17:16), to make war against Him who sat upon the horse (Rev 19:19), making all things new (Rev 21:5), practices lying (maketh a lie = KJV) (Rev 22:15)
Louw-Nida summary of poieo - 1. do, make (Lk 13:22); 2. perform (almost any type of activity), act., carry out (Jn 13:27; Lk 23:34.); 3. To cause to be (Jn 19:12); 4. To work, toil (Mt 20:12); 5. To make, create or fashion (Rev 13:14); 6. To behave toward someone in a particular way (to do to, to deal with) (Mt 7:12; 1Jn 1:6); 7. To assign to a task (to cause someone to assume a particular type of function) (Mk 3:14); 8.To make profit, make money (Lk 19:18); 9. To be of opinion (an idiom, literally ‘to make of reason) (Acts 20:24) (Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament- Based on Semantic Domains)
Poieo in Classical Greek frequently appears in relation to man and his work, e.g., the making of a grave, the building of a house or temple, or the production of a work of art. In Greek mythology poieo describes the creative activity of the gods.
Complete Biblical Library Greek-English Dictionary - In the Septuagint poieo occurs more than 3,200 times and translates a great variety of Hebrew words. However, it most often translates ?asâh, “to make, do,” and less frequently barâ’, “to create.” Poieo refers quite often to God’s activity. It denotes His involvement in the creation of heaven and earth (Genesis 1:7,16,21,25,31) and man (Genesis 1:26,27). God is the One who “creates” His chosen people; literally, “And now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob . . . ” (Isaiah 43:1; see also Isa 44:2). Poieo also refers to God’s action in bringing help and salvation to His people (Exodus 13:8; 14:13), and in working miracles (Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 11:3). Poieo also refers to human work. Man “prepares” cakes (Genesis 18:6), “makes” feasts (Genesis 21:8), “makes” war (Genesis 14:2), and “builds” altars (Exodus 20:24,25). Man was forbidden to “do” works on the Sabbath and Passover (Exodus 12:16; 20:9,10). (Complete Biblical Library - Greek-English Dictionary)
Zodhiates - (I) To make, form, produce, bring about, cause, spoken of any external act as manifested in the production of something tangible, corporeal, obvious to the senses, completed action.... (II) To do, expressing an action as continued or not yet completed, what one does repeatedly, habitually, like prásso (4238), to practice. (Complete Word Study Dictionary- New Testament)
BDAG (summary - includes examples of uses in NT and the Septuagint - Lxx) -
(1) to produce something material, make, manufacture, produce something.
OF HUMAN ACTIVITY: Acts 9:39. Rev 13:14b. Acts 7:40 (Ex 32:1). pitch tents, build huts (1Chr 15:1; Mt 17:4; Mk 9:5; Lk 9:33. To make it (the tent of testimony) according to the model (Ex 25:40) Acts 7:44; cp. Heb 8:5. make something from or out of something Ex 20:24f; 28:15; 29:2) Jn 2:15; 9:6; Ro 9:21.
OF DIVINE ACTIVITY: specifically of God’s creative activity create = Acts 7:50 (Isa 66:2). Heb 1:2 Acts 17:24. Ge 1:1; Ex 20:11; Ps 120:2; 145:6; Isa 37:16; Jer 39:17 Acts 4:24; 14:15b; cp. Rev 14:7. Lk 11:40 is classed here by many. Of the relation of Jesus to God = appointed him Heb 3:2 (cp. Isa 17:7).—God created them male and female Mt 19:4b; Mk 10:6 (both Ge 1:27c).—Pass. Heb 12:27.—the Creator Mt 19:4a.
(2) to undertake or do something that brings about an event, state, or condition, = to do, cause, bring about, accomplish, prepare, etc.
(a) do deeds, Rev 2:5. 1Cor 5:2 2Ti 4:5 Jn 7:21. Pl. 14:12a; cp. vs. 12bc.
(b) do, perform miracles Mt 7:22; 13:58; Acts 19:11 Mk 6:5; 9:39. Mt 21:15 (Ex 4:17) Jn 2:23; 3:2; 7:31; 9:16; 11:47-48; 20:30; Rev 13:13a; 16:14; 19:20. Jn 6:30; 10:41. Acts 6:8; 7:36. Mk 3:8; 6:30; Lk 9:10.—Acts 10:39; 14:11.
(c) of conditions bring about, etc.: make, establish peace Eph 2:15; Js 3:18; provide a way out 1Cor 10:13; cause a disturbance among the people Acts 24:12; create difficulties Ro 16:17. On Mk 6:20; they brought joy to the members Acts 15:3
(d) used w. a noun as a periphrasis for a simple verb of doing Heb 8:9 (Jer 38:32 cp. Is 28:15; Lk 18:7f; cp. Acts 7:24 (execute in) Jn 5:27; Jude 1:15.Jas 3:1. Lk 1:68 (=accomplished). Wage war (on someone) Rev 11:7; 12:17; 13:7 (Da 7:21 Ge 14:2). Eph 3:11; Mk 3:6; 15:1; Acts 23:12; Mk 15:7
(e) what is done is indicated by the neuter of an adj. or pron.: do what is good Ro 13:3; Jn 5:29; do good Mk 3:4; 1Pt 3:11 (Ps 33:15). Ro 7:21; 2 Cor 13:7b; Gal 6:9. Jas 4:17. Ro 13:4. 2Cor 13:7a, 1Pt 3:12 (Ps 33:17). Jn 8:29; cp. Heb 13:21b; 1Jn 3:22 1Cor 9:23; 10:31b;Mt 26:13; Mk 14:9; Jn 13:7, 27a. Mt 13:28; Mk 5:32; Lk 5:6; Jn 14:13, 14 Ro 7:15f, 20; 1Cor 11:24-25 Mt 21:23; 23:23; Gal 5:17; 2 Pt 1:10b. Jn 13:17; Ro 1:32; 2:3. Mt 5:46, 47b. Mk 10:17; cp. Jn 18:35; Mt 19:16. Mt 27:23; Lk 23:22; Mk 15:14. Mt 5:47a; what is this that you are doing? or why are you doing this? Mk 11:3; Acts 14:15a Mk 11:5. what are you doing, weeping? or what do you mean by weeping? Acts 21:13. do what you must do Jn 13:27
(f) of meals or banquets, and of festivities of which a banquet is the principal part = give - Lk 14:12. Mk 6:21; Lk 14:12, 16; Jn 12:2; Lk 5:29; 14:13; Mt 22:2.—Keep, celebrate the Passover feast Mt 26:18; Heb 11:28.
(g) of the natural processes of growth; in plant life = send out, produce, bear, yield = Mt 3:10; 7:17, 18, 19; 13:26; Lk 3:9; 6:43; 8:8; 13:9; Rev 22:2; also in imagery Mt 3:8; 21:43; Lk 3:8. Mk 4:32. Jas 3:12—Of capital yielding a return = the mina has made five minas Lk 19:18. Also of a person who operates w. capital make money = Mt 25:16.
(h) with focus on causality (the relation between a cause and its effect )
α. The result of the action is indicated by the acc. and inf.; make (to), cause (someone) to, bring it about that = Mt 5:32. Mk 1:17. Cp. Mk 7:37b; Lk 5:34 (force someone to fast); Jn 6:10; Acts 17:26; Rev 13:13b.— Rev 3:9; cp. Rev 13:12b, 16. Jn 11:37; Col 4:16; Rv 13:15.—as though we had made him walk Acts 3:12
β. w. a double accusative, of the obj. and the pred. = make someone or someth. (into) someth. Mt 4:19. 15.21" class="scriptRef">21.13" class="scriptRef">Mt 21:13; Mk 11:17; Lk 19:46. Cp. Mt 23:15b; Jn 2:16; 4:46, 54; cp. Jn 2:11; Acts 2:36; 2Cor 5:21; Heb 1:7 (Ps 103:4); Rev 1:6; 12" class="scriptRef">3:12 Lk 15:19, 21 v.l. (cp. Ge 45:8; 48:20; take him by force, in order to make (him) king Jn 6:15.—1Cor 6:15. Claim that someone is something = pretend that someone is someth. Jn 8:53; 10:33; 19:7, 12; 1Jn 1:10; 5:10; make the paths straight Mt 3:3; Mk 1:3; Lk 3:4. Mt 5:36. Cp. Mt 12:16; 20:12b; 26:73; 28:14; Mk 3:12; Jn 5:11, 15; 7:23; 16:2; Acts 7:19; Eph 2:14 Rev 12:15; 21:5. (thereby) declaring that he was equal to God or making himself equal to God Jn 5:18.
γ. w. adv. of place send outside = put someone out (=send outside) Acts 5:34.
(3) to carry out an obligation of a moral or social nature, = to do, keep, carry out, practice, commit
(a) Do, keep the will or law obediently = Mt 7:21; 12:50; Mk 3:35; J 4:34; 6:38; 7:17; 9:31; Eph 6:6; Heb 10:7, 9 (both Ps 39:9), Heb 10:36; 13:21; 1J n2:17;
(b) Do, practice virtues = live the truth Jn 3:21 1Jn 2:29; 3:7, 10; Rev 22:11
(c) Do, commit, be guilty of sins and vices - Jn 8:34; 2Cor 11:7; 1Pt 2:22; 1Jn 3:4, 8, 9; Jas 5:15
(d) The manner of action is more definitely indicated by means of an adverb. = do good or well Mt 12:12; 1Cor 7:37, 38a Jas 2:8, 19; act shrewdly Lk 16:8;
(e) The manner of the action is more definitely indicated by a prepositional expression = do or act in accordance w. something; as they do Mt 23:3b; Lk 2:27.
(4) To do something to others or something, do something to/with, of behavior involving others, with some indication of the person (or thing) with whom something is done; the action may result to the advantage or disadvantage of this person: To someone's advantage = Mt 27:22, 20:32, 25:40, 45, To someone's disadvantage -Mt 21:40, Mk 9:13
(5) To do, make, with variations in specialized expressions
(a) To get or gain something for oneself, provide oneself with something = Lk 12:33; 16:9 Jesus was gaining disciples Jn 4:1.
(b) of mental construction assume, suppose, take as an example = suppose the tree is good Mt 12:33.
(c) With an accusative of time = to spend, stay Acts 15:33;18:23, 20:3.
(d) Kalos poiein = do well - Phil 4:14; 2Pet 1:19; 3Jn 1:6
(e) this day of the Lord will turn out as (the Lord) wills - Mt 6:34 = the day of the Lord shall itself bring things about as (the Lord) wills.
(6) to be active in some way = work, be active - Rev 13:5
(7) To make/do something for oneself or of oneself - Lk 5:33 ( A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature)
Complete Biblical Library Greek-English Dictionary - In the New Testament poieo has a wide variety of meanings: “to make, do, create, bring about, execute, work, appoint, produce, accomplish, perform, act.” As in the Old Testament, God is proclaimed as the One who created heaven and earth and everything that therein is (Acts 4:24; 14:15; 17:24; Revelation 14:7). He “brings about” justice for His chosen ones (Luke 18:7) and “executes” judgment upon all (Jude 15). God “brings” redemption to His people (Luke 1:68), “performs” mercy (Luke 1:72), and “works” in believers what is pleasing to Him (Hebrews 13:21). He “makes” himself known to the Gentiles (Acts 15:17) and “acted” through Paul and Barnabas (Acts 14:27; 15:4; 21:19). Poieo is often used in reference to the acts of Jesus while He was on earth. He “appointed” disciples (Mark 1:17), “performed” miracles (Matthew 21:15; Mark 6:5; etc.), and was accused of “making himself equal with God” (John 5:18; 8:53; 10:33; 19:7). Only in a few passages does poieo refer to the work of the exalted Lord (Revelation 1:6; 3:9,12" class="scriptRef">12; 5:10). Besides the many references of poieo in relation to usual human work, we see that man is responsible to “do” the will of God (Ephesians 6:6; Hebrews 10:36) and to “do” something to attain salvation (Mark 10:17; John 6:28; Acts 2:37). However, to “do” the works of the Law is contrasted with faith (Romans 10:5,6; Galatians 3:10,12). Poieo can have a wide variety of meanings depending on its object, e.g., “establish” peace (James 3:18); “prepare” meals or banquets (Luke 14:12); “produce” fruit (Matthew 3:10); “practice” virtues (John 3:21; 1 John 1:6); or “commit” sins (John 8:34). (Complete Biblical Library - Greek-English Dictionary)
Vine - TO MAKE 1. poieo (4160), “to do, to make,” is used in the latter sense (a) of constructing or producing anything, of the creative acts of God, e.g., Matt. 19:4 (2nd part); Acts 17:24; of the acts of human beings, e.g., Matt. 17:4; Acts 9:39; (b) with nouns denoting a state or condition, to be the author of, to cause, e.g., peace, 15" class="scriptRef">Eph. 2:15; Jas. 3:18; stumbling blocks, Rom. 16:17; (c) with nouns involving the idea of action (or of something accomplished by action), so as to express the idea of the verb more forcibly (the middle voice is commonly used in this respect, suggesting the action as being of special interest to the doer); for the active voice see, e.g., Mark 2:23, of “making” one’s way, where the idea is not that the disciples “made” a path through the standing corn, but simply that they went, the phrase being equivalent to going, “(they began) as they went (to pluck the ears)”; other instances of the active are Rev. 13:13, 14; 16:14; 19:20; for the middle voice (the dynamic or subjective middle), see, e.g., John 14:23, “will make Our abode”; in Acts 20:24, “none of these things move me,” lit., “I make account of none of these things”; 25:17, “I made no delay” rv, Rom. 15:26; Eph. 4:16; Heb. 1:2; 2 Pet. 1:10; (d) to “make” ready or prepare, e.g., a dinner, Luke 14:12; a supper, John 12:2; (e) to acquire, provide a thing for oneself, Matt. 25:16; Luke 19:18; (J) to render or “make” one or oneself anything, or cause a person or thing to become something, e.g., Matt. 4:19; 12:16, “make (Him known)”; John 5:11, 15, to “make” whole; 16:2, lit., “they shall make (you put out of the synagogue)”; Eph. 2:14; Heb. 1:7; to change one thing into another, Matt. 21:13; John 2:16; 4:46; 1 Cor. 6:15; (g) to constitute one anything, e.g., Acts 2:36, (h) to declare one or oneself anything, John 5:18, “making (Himself equal with God)”; 8:53; 10:33; 19:7, 12; 1 John 1:10; 5:10; (i) to “make” one do a thing, e.g., Luke 5:34; John 6:10; Rev. 3:9. See do,
(2) TO DO - i.e., to adopt a way of expressing by act the thoughts and feelings. It stands for a number of such acts, chiefly “to make, produce, create, cause,” e.g., Mt. 17:4. POIEO is used of spending a time or tarrying, in a place, Acts 15:33; 20:3; in 2Cor 11:25 it is rendered “I have been (a night and a day)”; a preferable translation is “I have spent,” as in Jas. 4:13, “spend a year” (rv). So in Matt. 20:12. Cf., the English idiom “did one hour”; in Rev. 13:5 “continue” is perhaps the best rendering.
POIEO - To appoint (name officially) - Heb 3:2, , Mk 3:14
POIEO - sometimes means “to produce, bear,” Luke 8:8; 13:9; Jas. 3:12 (kjv, “bear,” rv, “yield”); Rev. 22:2. It is used of the bringing forth of fruit, Mt. 3:8, 10; 7:17, 18. (Make - Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words) (Do, Done - Vine's )
NIDNTT - Poieo in Classic Greek = 1. The verb POIEO, attested since Homer, and generally to be trans. to do, to make, has passed through a varied development. It is the basic term for all activity. The subjects belonging to the verb include both divinities and human beings; more rarely they are material subjects (e.g. the soil or a tree produces). (a) In so far as Gk. literature reports the doings of the gods...the word takes on the meaning of to create, generate, give shape to. (b) Human doing and making can refer to any kind of activity. Used intrans., POIEO has the meaning of to act; positive or negative valuation is given from an ethical point of view. (New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology)
TDNTA - I. The Greek World and Stoicism. 1. In myths poiéo denotes the creative activity of deity. Zeus creates all things, including heaven and the gods. Plato has the term for creating by the chief deity but not for fashioning by the demiurge. God is ho poien. 2. The Stoics seldom use the group for their deity. The lógos ho theós dwelling in hýle is tó poioún for Zeno etc., but later writers do not use the group apart from Epictetus with his more personal view of God as poietes or pater. Stoicism in general is more interested in the permeation of the world by deity and its resultant beauty and harmony. II. The LXX. 1. The LXX often uses the group for God’s creative activity. God created heaven and earth (Gen. 1:1ff). He created humanity (1:27). He is ho poiesas (Pr. 14:31). He is the Creator of the chosen people (Isa 43:1). poíesis denotes either his creating (Ps. 19:2) or his creation (Sir. 16:26). 2. The LXX often uses the terms for God’s dealings in history. The poiemata denote his actions or works (Eccl. 1:14). These take the twofold form of judgment (Nu 14:35; Ezek. 5:10) and salvation (Ex. 13:8). Signs and mighty acts testify to his working (Ex. 15:11; Dt. 11:3). 3. Angels etc. execute God’s word (Job 40:19; Ps. 103:20). (Theological Dictionary of the New Testament- Abridged in One Volume)
Friberg -
I. active, with a basic meaning make, do, and the translation varying widely to suit the context;
(1) of human activity involving external things make, construct, form (Mt 17.4);
(2) of God’s creative activity create (Mt 19.4);
(3) of undertaking actions, bringing about states or conditions accomplish, do (a work) (Jn 8.41), perform (miracles) (Mt 7.22), bring about or make (peace) (Eph 2.15), prepare or give (a feast) (Luke 14.12), keep (a festival) (Mt 26.18), appoint (followers) (Mk 3.14), establish (a covenant) (Heb 8.9), wage (war) (Rev 11.7), do (good or evil) (Ro 13.3), acquire or make (a gain) (Lk 19.18), etc.;
(4) of the natural processes of growth produce, yield, bear, send out, bring forth (Mt 3.10);
(5) with the accusative and an infinitive to indicate the result of an action cause someone to, make or force someone to, bring it about that someone (Mt 5.32; Mk 1.17);
(6) with a double accusative as the object and predicate make someone or something (to be) something (Mt 4.19; 21.13);
(7) used with a noun to form a periphrasis for a simple verb of doing (e.g. literally make the vengeance, i.e. avenge Lk 18.7; literally make an ambush, i.e. plot, lie in wait Acts 25.3);
(8) with the manner of the action indicated by an adverb do (well) (Mt 12.12), act (wisely) (Lk 16.8), proceed (in the same way) (Mt 20.5);
II. middle, with basic meanings make or do something for oneself or perform with one’s own resources;
(1) periphrastically, for a simple verbal idea: literally do a tarrying, i.e. make one’s home with (Jn 14.23); literally make a throwing out, i.e. jettison (cargo) (Acts 27.18);literally make a remembrance, i.e. remember, keep in mind (2Pe 1.15); etc.;
(2) with a double accusative as the object and predicate - literally make firm the call, i.e. make one’s calling (to be) sure (2Pe 1.10)
(Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament)
Poieo has a number of combination words and derivatives:
agathopoieo = to do good to Mk 3:4, Lk 6:9, 33
agathopoiia = Well-doing, a course of right action 1Pe 4:19
agathopoios = well doer 1Pe 2:14
acheiropoietos = Not made with hands Mk 14:58, 2Cor 5:1, Col 2:11
eirenopoiéo = to make peace; Col 1:20
eirenopoios = Making peace. Mt 5:9
eupoiia noun = Doing good. Heb 13:16
zoopoiéo = to make alive; Jn 5:21, 6:63, Ro 4:17, 8:11
kakopoieo verb = Do evil, harm, do wrong. Mk 3:4, Lk 6:9, 1Pe 3:17, 3Jn 1:11
kakopoiós = evildoer; 1Pe 2:12, 14, 3:16, 4:15
kalopoiéo = to live virtuously; 2Th 3:13
moschopoiéo = to make a calf; Acts 7:41
hodopoieo verb = Make a path, make a way. Mk 2:23
ochlopoiéo = to make a crowd; Form a mob, Acts 17:5
peripoiéo = to purchase, acquire, preserve, keep; Lk 17:33 Acts 20:28 1Ti 3:13
poíema = creation, work, action; Ro 1:20, Eph 2:10
poíesis = performance, action; James 1:25
poietes = creator, maker, doer; Acts 17:28
prospoiéomai = to pretend; act as if - Lk 24:28
skenopoiós = tentmaker; Acts 18:3
suzoopoieo = To make alive together with. Eph 2:15, Col 2:13
cheiropoíetos = make by hands. Mk 14:58, Acts 7:48, 24" class="scriptRef">17:24, Eph 2:11, Heb 9:11, 24
Poieo - 568x in 514v in NAS -
IN THE GOSPELS:
24" class="scriptRef">Mt 1:24; 3:3, 8, 10; 4:19; 23.5" class="scriptRef">5.19" class="scriptRef">5:19, 32" class="scriptRef">32, 36" class="scriptRef">36, 46-47; 6:1-3; 12" class="scriptRef">12.12" class="scriptRef">12" class="scriptRef">7:12, 17-19, 21-Matt.7.22" class="scriptRef">21-22, 24, 13.26" class="scriptRef">26" class="scriptRef">26; 8:9; 28" class="scriptRef">9:28; 12:2-3, 12, 16" class="scriptRef">16, 33, 50; 13:23, 26, 28, 41, 58; 17:4, 12; 18:35; 19:4, 16; 20:5, 12, 15" class="scriptRef">15" class="scriptRef">15, 32; 21:6, 13, 15, 21, 23-24, 27, 31, 36, 40, 43; 22:2; 23:3, 5, 15, 23; 24:46; 25:40, 45; 26:12-13, 18-19, 73; 27:22-23; 28:14-15;
Mark 1:3, 17" class="scriptRef">17" class="scriptRef">17; 8" class="scriptRef">2:23ff; 3:4, 8, 12" class="scriptRef">12, 14, 16, 5" class="scriptRef">35; 32" class="scriptRef">4:32; 5:19f, 32; 6:5, 21, 30; 37" class="scriptRef">7:12f, 37; 9:5, 13, 39; 10:6, 17, 35f, 51; 11:3, 5, 17, 33" class="scriptRef">28f, 33; 12:9; 14:7ff; 15:1, 7f, 12, 14f;
Luke 1:25, 49" class="scriptRef">49, 51, 8" class="scriptRef">68, 72; 2:27, 48" class="scriptRef">48; 3:4, 31" class="scriptRef">8ff, 14, 19; 23" class="scriptRef">4:23; 5:6, 29, 33" class="scriptRef">33" class="scriptRef">33-Luke.5.39" class="scriptRef">33f; 6:2f, 10f, 23, 26f, 31, 33, 43" class="scriptRef">43" class="scriptRef">43, 46-Luke.6.49" class="scriptRef">46f, 49; 7:8; 8:8, 21, 39; 9:10, 15" class="scriptRef">15, 33, 43; 10:25, 28, 37; 11:40, 42; 12:4, 17f, 33, 43, 47f; 13.9" class="scriptRef">13:9, 22; 14:12f, 16; 15:19; 16:3f, 8f; 17:9f; 18.7-Luke.18.43" class="scriptRef">18:7f, 18, 41; 19:18, 46, 48; 20:2, 8, 13, 15; 22:19; 23:22, 31, 34;
John 2:5, 11" class="scriptRef">11, 15-John.2.25" class="scriptRef">15f, 12" class="scriptRef">12.18" class="scriptRef">18" class="scriptRef">18, 23" class="scriptRef">23" class="scriptRef">23; 3:2, 21" class="scriptRef">21" class="scriptRef">21; 4:1, 29, 34" class="scriptRef">34, 39, 54" class="scriptRef">45f, 54; 5:11, 15f, 18ff, 27" class="scriptRef">27, 29f, 6" class="scriptRef">36; 6:2, 6, 10, 14-John.6.71" class="scriptRef">14f, 28, 30" class="scriptRef">30, 38; 53" class="scriptRef">7:3f, 17" class="scriptRef">17, 19, 21, 23, 31" class="scriptRef">31" class="scriptRef">31, 51; 8:28f, 34, 38ff, 44, 53; 9:6, 11, 14, 16" class="scriptRef">16, 26, 31, 33" class="scriptRef">33; 10:25, 33, 37-John.10.42" class="scriptRef">37f, 41; 11:37, 45ff; 12:2, 16, 18, 37; 13:7, 12, 15, 17, 27; 14:10, 12ff, 23, 31; 15:5, 14f, 21, 24; 16:2f; 17:4; 18:18, 30, 35; 19:7, 12, 23f; 20:30; 21:25;
Acts 1:1; 2:22, 6" class="scriptRef">36-Acts.2.47" class="scriptRef">36f; 12" class="scriptRef">3:12; 4:7, 16, 19.24" class="scriptRef">24" class="scriptRef">24" class="scriptRef">24, 28" class="scriptRef">28; 5:34; 6:8; 7:19, 24, 36, 40, 43f, 50; 8:2, 6; 9:6, 13, 36, 39" class="scriptRef">39; 10:2, 33" class="scriptRef">33" class="scriptRef">33, 39; 30" class="scriptRef">11:30; 12:8; 13:22; 14.11" class="scriptRef">14:11, 15, 27; 15:3f, 12, 17" class="scriptRef">17" class="scriptRef">17, 33; 16:18, 21, 30; 17:24, 26" class="scriptRef">26; 23" class="scriptRef">18:23; 19:11, 14, 24; 20:3, 24; 21:13, 19, 23, 33; 22:10, 26; 23:12f; 24:12, 17; 25:3, 17; 26:10, 28; 27:18; 28:17;
IN THE EPISTLES
Rom 1:9, 28" class="scriptRef">28, 32; 2:3, 14" class="scriptRef">14; 3:8, 12; 4:21; 7:15f, 19ff; 9:20f, 28; 10:5; 12:20; 13:3f, 14; 15:26; 16:17;
1Cor 6:15, 18; 7:36ff; 9:23; 10:13, 31; 11:24f; 15:29; 16:1;
2Cor 5:21; 8:10f; 11:7, 12, 25; 13:7;
Gal 2:10; 3:10, 12; 5:3, 17; 6:9;
Eph 1:16; 2:3, 14f; 3:11, 20; 4:16; 6:6, 8f;
Phil 1:4; 2:14; 4:14;
Col 3:17, 23; 4:16;
1Thess 1:2; 4:10; 5:11, 24;
2Thess 3:4;
1 Tim 1:13; 2:1; 4:16; 5:21;
2 Tim 4:5; Titus 3:5;
Philemon 1:4, 14, 21;
Heb 1:2f, 7; 3:2; 6:3; 27" class="scriptRef">7:27; 8:5, 9" class="scriptRef">9; 10:7, 9, 36; 11:28; 12:13, 27; 13:6, 17, 19, 21;
Jas 2:8, 12f, 19; 3:12, 18; 4:13, 15, 17; 5:15;
1 Pet 2:22; 3:11f;
2 Pet 1:10, 15, 19;
1 John 1:6, 10" class="scriptRef">10; 2:17, 29; 3.4" class="scriptRef">3:4, 7ff, 22; 5:2, 10; 3
John 1:5f, 10;
Jude 1:3, 15;
Rev 1:6; 2:5; 3:9, 12; 5:10; 11.7" class="scriptRef">11:7; 15" class="scriptRef">12:15, 17; 13:5, 7, 12ff; 14:7; 16:14; 17:16f; 19:19f; 21:5, 27; 22:2, 11, 15
Poieo - Translated in NAS - Usage: accomplished(1), act(4), acted(3), acting(1), acts(2), appointed(3), away*(1), bear(5), bearing(1), bears(3), become(1), bore(1), bring(1), bring...to pass(1), bring about(2), bringing(1), brings forth(1), call(1), carried(1), carries(1), carry(1), cause(3), causes(2), causing(1), commit(2), commits(2), committed(4), composed(1), consider(1), created things(1), dealt(1), did(33), did...do(2), do(170), does(16), does...do(1), doing(38), done(43), establishing(1), execute(4), exercises(1), expose*(1), formed(1), formed a conspiracy(1), forms(1), gave(4), give(4), gives(1), giving(1), have(2), have kept(1), having(1), held(1), indulging(1), keep(3), keeps(1), kept(1), made(38), make(47), makes(7), making(9), observe(2), offer(1), offering(1), perform(4), performed(8), performing(7), performs(1), practice(5), practices(11), practicing(1), present(1), proceeding(1), produce(3), produced(1), produces(2), producing(1), provide(1), put(1), satisfy*(1), setting(1), show(2), showed(1), shown(1), spend(1), spent(4), took(1), treat(6), treated(1), weaker(1), worked(1), working(1).
As there are so many uses of poieo in the NT, here are only a sample - all uses in the Gospel of Matthew...
Matt 1:24 And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took [her] as his wife,
Matt 3:3 For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, ‘MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT!’”
Matt 3:8 “Therefore bring forth fruit in keeping with repentance;
Matt 3:10 “And the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matt 4:19 And He *said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Matt 5:19 “Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches [them,] he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matt 5:32 but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for [the] cause of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Matt 5:36 “Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
Matt 5:46 “For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax-gatherers do the same?
Matt 5:47 “And if you greet your brothers only, what do you do more [than others?] Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
Matt 6:1 “Beware of practicing (present tense) your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
Matt 6:2 “When therefore you give alms (do charitable giving), do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
Matt 6:3 “But when you give alms (do charitable giving), do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing
Matt 7:12 “Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Matt 7:17 “Even so, every good tree bears good fruit; but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
Matt 7:18 “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
Matt 7:19 “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matt 7:21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.
Matt 7:22 “Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform (do) many miracles?’
Matt 7:24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon (does) them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
Matt 7:26 “And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act upon (does) them, will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
Matt 8:9 “For I, too, am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does [it].”
Matt 9:28 And after He had come into the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus *said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They *said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
Matt 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, “Behold, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”
Matt 12:3 But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did, when he became hungry, he and his companions;
Matt 12:12 “Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
Matt 12:16 and warned them not to make Him known,
Matt 12:33 “Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit.
Matt 12:50 “For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”
Matt 13:23 “And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”
Matt 13:26 “But when the wheat sprang up and bore grain, then the tares became evident also.
Matt 13:28 “And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ And the slaves *said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’
Matt 13:41 “The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,
Matt 13:58 And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.
Matt 17:4 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Matt 17:12 but I say to you, that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”
Matt 18:35 “So shall My heavenly Father also do to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart.”
Matt 19:4 And He answered and said, “Have you not read, that He who created (ktizo) [them] from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE,
Matt 19:16 And behold, one came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?”
Matt 20:5 “Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing.
Matt 20:12 saying, ‘These last men have worked [only] one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
Matt 20:15 ‘Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’
Matt 20:32 And Jesus stopped and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?”
Matt 21:6 And the disciples went and did just as Jesus had directed them,
Matt 21:13 And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER’; but you are making it a ROBBERS’ DEN.”
Matt 21:15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant,
Matt 21:21 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith, and do not doubt, you shall not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it shall happen.
Matt 21:23 And when He had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
Matt 21:24 And Jesus answered and said to them, “I will ask you one thing too, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.
Matt 21:27 And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Matt 21:31 “Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The latter.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax-gatherers and harlots will get into the kingdom of God before you.
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