noun · feminine

agathopoias

Greekἀγαθοποιΐα (agathopoiia)

Strong’sG16

the doing of that which is good

stem agathopoi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

doing good1×

What it means

*† ἀγαθοποιία, -ας, ἡ

(< ἀγαθοποιός),

well-doing: I Pe 4:19.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G16 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidag-ath-op-oy-ee'-ah

well-doing, i.e. virtue

Fromfrom G17;

King Jameswell-doing.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	agathopoias	agathopoiais
object accusative	agathopoian	agathopoiain
direct address vocative	agathopoiar	agathopoiair
of, belonging to genitive	agathopoiau	agathopoiaiu
to, for dative	agathopoia1×ἀγαθοποιΐᾳ	agathopoiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

agathopoistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

agathopoia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

agathopoiamō — ἀγαθοποιέω, I do that which is good agathopoios — ἀγαθοποιός, a doer of that which is good

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

agathopoia“doing good”to, fordative singular1×

1 Peter 4:19“doing good”hōste kai tois pascharōtois kata tem thelēmem tou theou pisto ktisto paratithelōr tain psuchain autoiu en agathopoia.So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.