Poiētēs ποιητής
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| ποιητής | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | poiētēs |
| Strong's number | G4163 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | doer |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | James (4) |
Poiētēs (Greek ποιητής, Strong's G4163) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “doer”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
ποιητής, -οῦ ὁ
(ποιέω), [in LXX: 1Ma.2:67 * ;]
in cl.,
1. a maker, author.
2. Esp., a poet: Act.17:28. Later,
3. a doer: τ. νόμου, Rom.2:13, Jas.4:11 (1Mac, l.with); ἔργου, Jas.1:25; λόγου, ib. Jas.1:22-23.†
(AS)
(ποιέω), [in LXX: 1Ma.2:67 * ;]
in cl.,
1. a maker, author.
2. Esp., a poet: Act.17:28. Later,
3. a doer: τ. νόμου, Rom.2:13, Jas.4:11 (1Mac, l.with); ἔργου, Jas.1:25; λόγου, ib. Jas.1:22-23.†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | doer (3), doers (2), poets (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | doers (2), poets (1), does not carry it out (1), doer (1), practitioner (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Poiētēs, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 17:28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
Romans
- Romans 2:13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.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.
James
- James 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- James 1:23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
- James 1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.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.
- James 4:11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).