noun · masculine

poiētos

Greekποιητής (poiētēs)

Strong’sG4163

a doer, performer, poet

stem poiēt-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

doer3×doers2×poets1×

What it means

** ποιητής, -οῦ, ὁ

(< ποιέω), [in LXX: I Mac 2:67*;]

1. in cl., a maker, author.

2. Esp., a poet: Ac 17:28.

3. Later, a doer: τ. νόμου, Ro 2:13, Ja 4:11 (I Mac 2:67); ἔργου, Ja 1:25; λόγου, Ja 1:22, 23.†

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

Strong’s G4163 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpoy-ay-tace'

a performer; specially, a "poet";

Fromfrom G4160;

King Jamesdoer, poet.

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	poiētos3×ποιητὴς	poiētois2×ποιηταὶ
object accusative	poiēton	poiētoin
direct address vocative	poiētor	poiētoir
of, belonging to genitive	poiētou	poiētoiu1×ποιητῶν
to, for dative	poiēto	poiētoi

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

poiētstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

poiēto 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

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

poiētos“doer”subjectnominative singular3×

James 1:23“doer”hoti ei tinos akroatos logou atō kai ouk poiētos, houtos eoikatē anēro katanoarōto tem prosōpem tau genesiau autou en esoptre,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 1:25“doer”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.

James 4:11“doer”Mē katalalavōr allēloiu, adelfoir; tos katalalarōtos adelfou ē krinarōtos ton adelfon autou katalalatō nomou kai krinatō nomon; ei de nomon krinasō, ouk asō poiētos nomou alla kritos.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.

poiētois“doers”subjectnominative plural2×

Romans 2:13“doers”ouk gar tois akroatois nomou dikaiois para to theo, alla tois poiētois nomou dikaiili.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 1:22“doers”Ginevōr de poiētois logou kai mē akroatois monem paralogizerōtois heautoin.Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

poiētoiu“poets”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Acts 17:28“poets”en auto gar zōanō kai kininō kai anō, hōs kai tinois toiu kata vin poiētoiu legalē; Tou gar kai genem anō.‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’