ποιεῖ

poiei

apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct):--abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare πράσσω.

G4160

Matthew 7:17 · Word #7

Lexicon G4160

Lemmaποιέω
Transliterationpoiéō
Strong'sG4160

Morphology V PRS ACT IND 3P SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state of being
Tense PRS — Present — Ongoing or repeated action
Voice ACT — Active — The subject performs the action
Mood IND — Indicative — States a fact or reality
Person 3P — 3rd person — The one spoken about ("he/she/it/they")
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaποιέω
Strong'sG4160

SIBI-P1 G4160-22

he/she/it is doing

Morphological NotesVerb; present tense (imperfective aspect), active voice, indicative mood, third person singular. Denotes an ongoing, repeated, or characteristic action performed by one subject.
Rendering RationaleThe verb is present active indicative, third person singular, expressing ongoing or habitual action performed by a singular subject. "He/she/it is doing" preserves the active voice and continuous aspect inherent in the Greek present tense while retaining the broad root sense of making or doing.

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Words from Root ποιέω (to make, to do, to produce, to bring about, to perform, to accomplish)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G4160-01 epoiei he was making
G4160-03 epoiesa I was making / I was doing
G4160-04 epoiesamen we made / I made for myself

Word Usage (568 occurrences of G4160)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 1:24 ἐποίησεν epoiesen did
Matthew 3:3 ποιεῖτε poieite make
Matthew 3:8 ποιήσατε poiesate bear