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;
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Matthew — 86×
Mark — 45×
Luke — 86×
John — 107×
Acts — 66×
Romans — 22×
1 Corinthians — 14×
2 Corinthians — 9×
1 Thessalonians — 4×
2 Thessalonians — 2×
1 Timothy — 4×
2 Timothy — 1×
Titus — 1×
Philemon — 3×
Hebrews — 19×
James — 11×
1 Peter — 3×
2 Peter — 3×
1 John — 13×
3 John — 2×
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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.