noun · neuter
poiēmem
Strong’sG4161
a thing made
stem poiēm-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ποίημα, -τος, τό
(< ποιέω), [in LXX chiefly for מַעֲשֶׂה (freq. in Ec);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4161 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpoy'-ay-mah
a product, i.e. fabric (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom G4160;
King Jamesthing that is made, workmanship.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ποιέω) anything made or done: hence,
I work, π. χρύσεα, χάλκεα καὶ σιδήρεα, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the works of Daedalus, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ἐραστοῦ a lover's invention, Refs; product, of land formed by silting-up of rivers, Refs 2nd c.AD+
I.2 poem, Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, of single verses, ={ἔπη}, Refs 1st c.BC+
I.2.b poetical, especially metrical, form, περὶ ποιήματος, title of work by Hephaestio.
I.3 fiction, Refs 2nd c.AD+
I.4 onomatopoeic word, Refs 5th c.AD+
II deed, act, opposed to πάθημα, LXX+6th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | poiēmem1×ποίημα | poiēmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | poiēmeu | poiēmeiu |
| to, for dative | poiēme | poiēmei1×ποιήμασιν |
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
poiēme 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
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
poiēmem“workmanship”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Ephesians 2:10autou gar anō poiēmem, ktizirantois en Christo Iēso epi ergei …For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do …
poiēmei“made”to, fordative plural1×
Romans 1:20“made”… aorateim autou apo ktisiau kosmou tei poiēmei noorōnteim kathorotō, tas tē aidias autou …For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so …