ποιέω

568 ποιέω , -ῶ , [in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה ;] to make , produce , create , cause : c. acc. rei, Mt 17:4 , Mk 9:5 , Jo 9:11 , Ac 9:39 , Ro 9:20 , al.; of God as Creator (c. acc. pers. also), Mt 19:4 , Mk 10:6 , Lk 11:40 , Ac 4:24 , He 1:2 , al.; like Heb. עשׂה , absol. = ἐργάζομαι , to work , Mt 20:12 (cf. Ru 2:19 ; so AV, but v. infr.), Re 13:5 , R, mg. (but v. infr.); σκάνδαλα , Ro 16:17 ; εἰρήνην , Eph 2:15 , Ja 3:18 ; ἐπίστασιν , Ac 24:12 ; συστροφήν , Ac 23:12 ; c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Lk 1:68 , Ac 15:3 ; with nouns expressing action or its accomplishment, forming a periphr. for the cogn. verb: ὁδόν π. (cl. ὁ ποιεῖσθαι ), to go on , advance , Mk 2:23 ; πόλεμον , Re 11:7 , al.; ἐκδίκησιν , Lk 18:7 , 8 ; ἐνέδραν , Ac 25:3 ; κρίσιν , Jo 5:27 , Ju 15 ; ἔργα , Jo 5:36 , al.; σημεῖα ( τέρατα καὶ σ. ), Jo 2:23 and freq., Ac 2:22 , al.; so also mid. ποιεῖσθαι : μονήν , Jo 14:23 ; πορείαν , Lk 13:22 ; κοινωνίαν , Ro 15:26 ; of food, to make ready , prepare : δεῖπνον , Mk 6:21 , al.; δοχήν , Lk 5:29 14:13 ; γάμους , Mt 22:2 ; of time, to spend (cl.): ὥραν , Mt 20:12 , RV (but v. supr. and cf. McN, in l.); μῆνας , Re 13:5 , R, txt. (cf. Swete, in l.; but v. supr.); ἐνιαυτόν , Ja 4:13 ; c. acc. seq. ἐκ , Jo 2:15 , al.; c. acc. et acc. pred., Mt 3:3 12:16 , Mk 1:3 3:12 , Jo 5:11 , al.; c. adv., καλῶς , Mk 7:37 ; ἑορτὴν π. (Dem., Ex 23:16 , al.), Ac 18:21 , Rec.; πάσχα , Mt 26:18 ; to make or offer a sacrifice (Plat., Xen., al.; Jb 42:8 , III Ki 11:33 ; so some understand τοῦτο ποιεῖτε , Lk 22:19 , but v. Abbott, Essays , 110 ff.); seq. ἵνα (WM, 422 f.; M, Pr. , 228), Jo 11:37 , Col 4:16 , Re 3:9 . to do , perform , carry out , execute : absol., c. adv., καλῶς π. , Mt 12:12 , I Co 7:37 , 38 , Ja 2:19 ; id. seq. ptcp. (cl.; v. M, Pr. , 228), Ac 10:33 , Phl 4:14 , II Pe 1:19 , III Jo 6 ; οὕτως , Mt 24:46 , Lk 9:15 , al.; ὡς ( καθώς ), Mt 1:24 21:6 , al.; ὁμοίως , Lk 3:11 ; ὡσαύτως , Mt 20:5 ; c. ptcp., ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα , I Ti 1:13 ; c. acc. rei: τί interrog., Mt 12:3 , Mk 2:25 , Lk 6:2 , al.; τοῦτο , Mt 13:28 , Mk 5:32 , Lk 22:19 (WH om.; v. supr., ref. to Abbott, Essays ), Ro 7:20 , al.; with nouns expressing command or regulation: τ. νόμον (not as in cl., to make a law), Jo 7:19 , Ga 5:3 (cf. in LXX, Jos 22:5 , I Ch 22:12 , al.); τ. ἐντολάς , Mt 5:19 ; similarly with other nouns expressing conduct: τ. δικαιοσύνην , Mt 6:1 , al.; τ. ἀλήθειαν , Jo 3:21 , al., etc.; c. dupl. acc., Mt 27:22 , Mk 15:12 ; c. acc. rei et dat. pers. (commod., incomm.; rare in cl.), Mt 7:12 , Mk 5:19 , 20 , Lk 1:49 , Jo 9:26 , al. SYN. : πράσσω , q.v. The general distinction between the two words is that between particular action and its habitual performance (cf. Tr., Syn. , § xcvi; Westc. on Jo 3:21 ; ICC on Ro 1:32 ).