poieō · do, make

What it means

poieō (ποιέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “do, make”.

Produce.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To bring something into being: to make or create it.
2. To carry out an action or cause an effect.
3. To put into practice, like God's will.
4. To produce fruit, like a tree; in life, deeds that can be seen.
5. To make someone into something: "I will make you fishers".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Do, make. Abbott-Smith and Thayer define it as to make, produce, create, cause, do. It is the general verb of action: it serves for creating, making, carrying out, practicing or keeping something.

• To create: “made them male and female” Matthew 19:4
• To bear fruit (a tree) Matthew 3:10Matthew 7:17
• To do someone's will, to do the truth Matthew 7:21John 3:21
• To do signs John 2:11
• To keep a feast: “I am keeping the Passover” Matthew 26:18

How we translate it

“Do” 196 times, “make” 51, “doing” 48, “made” 41, “did” 39. It is translated “do” or “make” wherever English allows, even in “whoever does the truth” (John 3:21); when the object calls for another verb, the fitting one is used: a tree “produces” fruit (Matthew 7:17), “keeping” the Passover (Matthew 26:18).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• do ×196
• make ×51
• doing ×48
• made ×41
• did ×39
• does ×24
• had done ×20
• making ×14
• has done ×12
• have done ×10
• others ×113

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×86
• Mark×46
• Luke×88
• John×110
• Acts×68
• Romans×23
• 1 Corinthians×15
• 2 Corinthians×9
• Galatians×6
• Ephesians×10
• Philippians×3
• Colossians×3
• 1 Thessalonians×4
• 2 Thessalonians×2
• 1 Timothy×4
• 2 Timothy×1
• Titus×1
• Philemon×3
• Hebrews×19
• James×12
• 1 Peter×3
• 2 Peter×4
• 1 John×13
• 3 John×3
• Jude×2
• Revelation×30

• Matthew 1:24

  And Joseph, rising from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took to himself his wife;

• Matthew 3:3

  For this is the one spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, when he says, “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

• Matthew 3:8

  So produce fruit worthy of change of mind,

• Matthew 3:10

  And already the ax is laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

• Matthew 4:19

  And he says to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of people.”

• Matthew 5:19

  So whoever breaks one of these least commandments and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, this one will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

• Matthew 5:32

  But I tell you that everyone who sends away his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who has been sent away commits adultery.

• Matthew 5:36

  Nor swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

• Matthew 5:46

  For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

• Matthew 5:47

  And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

• Matthew 6:1

  “Be careful not to practice your righteousness before people in order to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 6:2

  So when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be glorified by people. Truly I tell you, they have received in full their reward.

• Matthew 6:3

  But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

• Matthew 7:12

  So everything that you want people to do to you, so also you do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

• Matthew 7:17

  So every good tree produces good fruit, but the rotten tree produces bad fruit.

• Matthew 7:18

  A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce good fruit.

• Matthew 7:19

  Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

• Matthew 7:21

  “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 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 do many miracles?’

• Matthew 7:24

  “So everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

• Matthew 7:26

  And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

• Matthew 8:9

  For I too am a man under authority, having 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.”

• Matthew 9:28

  When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus says to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They say to him, “Yes, Lord.”

• Matthew 12:2

  But the Pharisees, seeing it, said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”

• Matthew 12:3

  But he said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those with him,

• Matthew 12:12

  How much more valuable, then, is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

• Matthew 12:16

  and he warned them not to make him known,

• Matthew 12:33

  Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree rotten and its fruit rotten; for by its fruit the tree is known.

• Matthew 12:50

  For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother.”

• Matthew 13:23

  And the one sown on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.”

• Matthew 13:26

  And when the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel appeared also.

• Matthew 13:28

  And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ And the slaves say to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’

• Matthew 13:41

  The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of stumbling and those who do lawlessness,

• Matthew 13:58

  And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.

• Matthew 17:4

  And Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

• Matthew 17:12

  But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer by them.”

• Matthew 18:35

  So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if you do not forgive each his brother from your hearts.”

• Matthew 19:4

  But he answered and said, “Have you not read that the one who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

• Matthew 19:16

  And look, one man came to him and said, “Teacher, what good thing must I do so that I may have eternal life?”

• Matthew 20:5

  And they went. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour and did the same.

And 528 more times.