Strong G4163ποιητής
doer
- Transliteration
- poiētēs
- Pronunciation
- poy-ay-tace'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G4160; a performer; specifically a poet: - doer poet.
Detailed definition
ποιητής, -οῦ ὁ
(ποιέω), [in LXX: 1Ma.2:67 *;]
in cl.,
1. a maker, author.
2. Esp., a poet: Act.17:28. Later,
3. a doer: τ. νόμου, Rom.2:13, Jas.4:11 (1Mac, l.with); ἔργου, Jas.1:25; λόγου, ib. Jas.1:22-23.†
(AS)
(ποιέω), [in LXX: 1Ma.2:67 *;]
in cl.,
1. a maker, author.
2. Esp., a poet: Act.17:28. Later,
3. a doer: τ. νόμου, Rom.2:13, Jas.4:11 (1Mac, l.with); ἔργου, Jas.1:25; λόγου, ib. Jas.1:22-23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4163 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- doer5
- poet1
First verses
- Acts 17:28For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
- Romans 2:13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
- James 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
- James 1:23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
- James 1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- James 4:11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ποι-ητής, οῦ, ὁ,
maker, μηχανημάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author = 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus] “Cyr.” 1.6.38; κλίνης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 597d; τὸν π. καὶ πατέρα τοῦδε τοῦ παντός [prev. author] “Ti.” 28c)]; ζῴων, of the painter, [Refs ([prev. author] “Sph.” 234a)]; inventor, θεῶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Euthphr.” 3b; νόμων)]lawgiver, [Refs ([prev. author] “Def.” 415b.)]
2 workman, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.388.8, +others (3rd c.BC, _plural_).)]
II composer of a poem, author, π. κωμῳδίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 935e; π. καινῶν δραμάτων, τραγῳδιῶν κτλ. “SIG” 1079.2, +others (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd-1st c.BC))]: absolutely, poet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 96, 1030, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 534b, etc.)]; Homer was called ὁ π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 485d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1365a11, 1380b28, Teles p.34 H., 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.21.3, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.1.10, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 26.19, etc.)]; so also Hesiod, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 901a; and others, [prev. author] “Thg.” 125e, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 78.44.)]
II.b composer of music, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 812d.)]
II.2 author of a speech, opposed to deliverer of it, π. λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Euthd.” 305b, compare “Phdr.” 234e, 278e, 4th c.BC: Alcidamas Rhetor “περὶ σοφιστῶν” 34, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.192. (Written ποητής “IG” 22.2319.65, “SIG” 711 L 35 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), etc.))]
maker, μηχανημάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author = 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus] “Cyr.” 1.6.38; κλίνης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 597d; τὸν π. καὶ πατέρα τοῦδε τοῦ παντός [prev. author] “Ti.” 28c)]; ζῴων, of the painter, [Refs ([prev. author] “Sph.” 234a)]; inventor, θεῶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Euthphr.” 3b; νόμων)]lawgiver, [Refs ([prev. author] “Def.” 415b.)]
2 workman, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.388.8, +others (3rd c.BC, _plural_).)]
II composer of a poem, author, π. κωμῳδίας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 935e; π. καινῶν δραμάτων, τραγῳδιῶν κτλ. “SIG” 1079.2, +others (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd-1st c.BC))]: absolutely, poet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.53, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 96, 1030, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 534b, etc.)]; Homer was called ὁ π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 485d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1365a11, 1380b28, Teles p.34 H., 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.21.3, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.1.10, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 26.19, etc.)]; so also Hesiod, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 901a; and others, [prev. author] “Thg.” 125e, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 78.44.)]
II.b composer of music, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 812d.)]
II.2 author of a speech, opposed to deliverer of it, π. λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Euthd.” 305b, compare “Phdr.” 234e, 278e, 4th c.BC: Alcidamas Rhetor “περὶ σοφιστῶν” 34, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.192. (Written ποητής “IG” 22.2319.65, “SIG” 711 L 35 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), etc.))]