ποιέω

G4160G G:V

to do/make: do

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.23:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Luk.1:68 , Act.15:3 ; with nouns expressing action or its accomplishment, forming a periphr. for the cogn. verb: ὁδόν π. (cl. ὁ ποιεῖσθαι), to go on, advance , Mrk.2:23; πόλεμον, Rev.11:7 , al.; ἐκδίκησιν, Luk.18:7 , 8; ἐνέδραν, Act.25:3; κρίσιν, Jhn.5:27 , Ju 15 ; ἔργα, Jhn.5:36 , al.; (σημεῖα), Jhn.2:23 and freq., Act.2:22 , al.; so also mid. ποιεῖσθαι: μονήν, Jhn.14:23; πορείαν, Luk.13:22; κοινωνίαν, Rom.15:26; of food, to make ready, prepare : δεῖπνον, Mrk.6:21 , al.; δοχήν, Luk.5:29 14:13 ; γάμους, Mat.22:2; of time, to spend (cl.): ὥραν, Mat.20:12 , RV (but see supr. and cf. McN, in l.); μῆνας, Rev.13:5 , R, txt. (cf. Swete, in l.; but see supr.); ἐνιαυτόν, Jas.4:13; with accusative before ἐκ, Jhn.2:15 , al.; with accusative and accusative pred., Mat.3:3 12:16 , Mrk.1:3 3:12 , Jhn.5:11 , al.; with adv., καλῶς, Mrk.7:37; ἑορτὴν π. (Dem., Exo.23:16 , al.), Act.18:21 , Rec.; πάσχα, Mat.26:18; to make or offer a sacrifice (Plat., Xen., al.; Job.42:8 , 3Ki.11:33 ; so some understand τοῦτο ποιεῖτε, Luk.22:19 , but see Abbott, Essays , 110ff.); before ἵνα (WM, 422f.; M, Pr. , 228), Jhn.11:37 , Col.4:16 , Rev.3:9 . __2. to do, perform, carry out, execute : absol., with adv., καλῶς π., Mat.12:12 , 1Co.7:37, 38 Jas.2:19 ; id. before ptcp. (cl.; see M, Pr. , 228), Act.10:33 , Php.4:14 , 2Pe.1:19 , 3Jo.6 ; οὕτως, Mat.24:46 , Luk.9:15 , al.; ὡς (καθώς), Mat.1:24 2:16 , al.; ὁμοίως, Luk.3:11; ὡσαύτως, Mat.20:5; with ptcp., ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα, 1Ti.1:13; with accusative of thing(s): τί interrog., Mat.12:3 , Mrk.2:25 , Luk.6:2 , al.; τοῦτο, Mat.13:28 , Mrk.5:32 , Luk.22:19 (WH om.; see supr., ref. to Abbott, Essays ), Rom.7:20 , al.; with nouns expressing command or regulation: τ. νόμον (not as in cl., to make a law), Jhn.7:19 , Gal.5:3 (cf. in LXX, Jos.22:5 , 1Ch.22:12 , al.); τ. ἐντολάς, Mat.5:19; similarly with other nouns expressing conduct: τ. δικαιοσύνην, Mat.6:1 , al.; τ. ἀλήθειαν, Jhn.3:21 , al., etc.; with dupl. accusative, Mat.27:22 , Mrk.15:12 ; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s) (commod., incomm.; rare in cl.), Mat.7:12 , Mrk.5:19, 20 Luk.1:49 , Jhn.9:26 , al. SYN.: πράσσω, which see The general distinction between the two words is that between particular action and its habitual performance (cf. Tr., Syn. , §xcvi; Westc. on Jhn.3:21; ICC on Rom.1:32 ). (AS)