Greek word study

ποιέωpoiéō I do, make

(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Translated in the King James as: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield

Appears 550 times in Scripture

Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary;

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Where it appears

Matthew 86×
Matt 1:24Matt 3:3Matt 3:8Matt 3:10Matt 4:19Matt 5:19Matt 5:32Matt 5:36Matt 5:46Matt 5:47Matt 6:1Matt 6:2Matt 6:3Matt 7:12Matt 7:17Matt 7:18Matt 7:19Matt 7:21Matt 7:22Matt 7:24Matt 7:26Matt 8:9Matt 9:28Matt 12:2Matt 12:3+ 61 more in Matthew
Mark 45×
Mark 1:3Mark 1:17Mark 2:23Mark 2:24Mark 2:25Mark 3:8Mark 3:12Mark 3:14Mark 3:16Mark 3:35Mark 4:32Mark 5:19Mark 5:20Mark 5:32Mark 6:5Mark 6:21Mark 6:30Mark 7:12Mark 7:13Mark 7:37Mark 9:5Mark 9:13Mark 9:39Mark 10:6Mark 10:17+ 20 more in Mark
Luke 86×
Luke 1:25Luke 1:49Luke 1:51Luke 1:72Luke 2:27Luke 2:48Luke 3:4Luke 3:8Luke 3:9Luke 3:10Luke 3:11Luke 3:12Luke 3:14Luke 3:19Luke 4:23Luke 5:6Luke 5:29Luke 5:34Luke 6:2Luke 6:3Luke 6:10Luke 6:11Luke 6:23Luke 6:26Luke 6:27+ 61 more in Luke
John 107×
John 2:5John 2:11John 2:15John 2:16John 2:18John 2:23John 3:2John 3:21John 4:1John 4:29John 4:34John 4:39John 4:45John 4:46John 4:54John 5:11John 5:15John 5:16John 5:18John 5:19John 5:20John 5:27John 5:29John 5:30John 5:36+ 82 more in John
Acts 66×
Acts 1:1Acts 2:22Acts 2:36Acts 2:37Acts 3:12Acts 4:7Acts 4:16Acts 4:24Acts 4:28Acts 5:34Acts 6:8Acts 7:19Acts 7:36Acts 7:40Acts 7:43Acts 7:44Acts 7:50Acts 8:6Acts 9:6Acts 9:13Acts 9:36Acts 9:39Acts 10:2Acts 10:33Acts 10:39+ 41 more in Acts
Romans 22×
Rom 1:28Rom 1:32Rom 2:3Rom 2:14Rom 3:8Rom 3:12Rom 4:21Rom 7:15Rom 7:16Rom 7:19Rom 7:20Rom 7:21Rom 9:20Rom 9:21Rom 9:28Rom 10:5Rom 12:20Rom 13:3Rom 13:4Rom 13:14Rom 15:26Rom 16:17
1 Corinthians 14×
1 Cor 6:151 Cor 6:181 Cor 7:361 Cor 7:371 Cor 7:381 Cor 9:231 Cor 10:131 Cor 10:311 Cor 11:241 Cor 11:251 Cor 15:291 Cor 16:1+ 2 more in 1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 9×
2 Cor 5:212 Cor 8:102 Cor 8:112 Cor 11:72 Cor 11:122 Cor 11:252 Cor 13:7+ 2 more in 2 Corinthians
Galatians 6×
Gal 2:10Gal 3:10Gal 3:12Gal 5:3Gal 5:17Gal 6:9
Ephesians 8×
Eph 2:3Eph 2:14Eph 2:15Eph 3:11Eph 3:20Eph 6:6Eph 6:8Eph 6:9
Philippians 2×
Phil 2:14Phil 4:14
Colossians 3×
Col 3:17Col 3:23Col 4:16
1 Thessalonians 4×
1 Thess 1:21 Thess 4:101 Thess 5:111 Thess 5:24
2 Thessalonians 2×
2 Thess 3:4+ 1 more in 2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy 4×
1 Tim 1:131 Tim 2:11 Tim 4:161 Tim 5:21
2 Timothy 1×
2 Tim 4:5
Titus 1×
Titus 3:5
Philemon 3×
Philemon 1:4Philemon 1:14Philemon 1:21
Hebrews 19×
Heb 1:2Heb 1:3Heb 1:7Heb 3:2Heb 6:3Heb 7:27Heb 8:5Heb 8:9Heb 10:7Heb 10:9Heb 10:36Heb 11:28Heb 12:13Heb 12:27Heb 13:6Heb 13:17Heb 13:19Heb 13:21+ 1 more in Hebrews
James 11×
James 2:8James 2:12James 2:13James 2:19James 3:12James 4:13James 4:15James 4:17James 5:15+ 2 more in James
1 Peter 3×
1 Pet 2:221 Pet 3:111 Pet 3:12
2 Peter 3×
2 Pet 1:102 Pet 1:19+ 1 more in 2 Peter
1 John 13×
1 John 1:61 John 1:101 John 2:171 John 2:291 John 3:41 John 3:71 John 3:81 John 3:91 John 3:101 John 3:221 John 5:21 John 5:10+ 1 more in 1 John
3 John 2×
3 John 1:53 John 1:6
Jude 2×
Jude 1:3Jude 1:15
Revelation 28×
Rev 1:6Rev 2:5Rev 3:9Rev 3:12Rev 5:10Rev 11:7Rev 12:15Rev 12:17Rev 13:5Rev 13:12Rev 13:13Rev 13:14Rev 13:15Rev 13:16Rev 14:7Rev 16:14Rev 17:16Rev 17:17Rev 19:19Rev 19:20Rev 21:5Rev 21:27Rev 22:2Rev 22:11Rev 22:15+ 3 more in Revelation

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.