noun · feminine
poiēsias
Greekποίησις (poiēsis)
Strong’sG4162
a doing
stem poiēsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ποίησις, -εως, ἡ
(ποιέω), [in LXX chiefly for מַעֲשֶׂה and cognate forms;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4162 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpoy'-ay-sis
action, i.e. performance (of the law)
Fromfrom G4160;
King Jamesdeed.
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 | poiēsias | poiēsiais |
| object accusative | poiēsian | poiēsiain |
| direct address vocative | poiēsiar | poiēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | poiēsiau | poiēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | poiēsia1×ποιήσει | poiēsiai |
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
poiēsia 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
poiēsia“what … does”to, fordative singular1×
James 1:25“what … does”tos de parakuptaratos eis nomon teleion ton tau eleutheriau kai paramenaratos, ouk akroatos epilēsmonau gineratos alla poiētos ergeu, houtos makarios en ta poiēsia autou eti.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.