ποιητής

poiētēsdoerHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine6 occurrences3 books6 verses

Definition

ποιητής, -οῦ ὁ

(ποιέω), [in LXX: 1Ma.2.67 * ;]

in cl.,

1. a maker, author.

2. Esp., a poet: Acts 17:28. Later,

3. a doer: τ. νόμου, Romans 2:13, James 4:11 (1Mac, l.with); ἔργου, James 1:25; λόγου, ib. James 1:22-23.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

6 total
  1. Acts 17:28ποιητῶν · poets
    ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
  2. Romans 2:13ποιηταὶ · doers
    For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
  3. James 1:22ποιηταὶ · doers
    Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
  4. James 1:23ποιητής · does not carry it out
    For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
  5. James 1:25ποιητὴς · doer
    But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
  6. James 4:11ποιητὴς · a practitioner
    Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.