King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4162
Transliteration: poiēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (poy'-ay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a making, a doing
Meaning: a making, a doing
ποίησις, ποιήσεως, ἡ (ποιέω);
Word Summary
poiēsis: a making, a doing
Original Word: ποίησιςTransliteration: poiēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (poy'-ay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a making, a doing
Meaning: a making, a doing
Strong's Concordance
deed. From poieo; action, i.e. Performance (of the law) -- deed.
see GREEK poieo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4162: ποίησιςποίησις, ποιήσεως, ἡ (ποιέω);
1. a making (Herodotus 3, 22; Thucydides 3, 2; Plato, Demosthenes, others; the Sept. several times for מַעֲשֶׂה).
2. a doing or performing: ἐν τῇ ποιήσει αὐτοῦ (in his doing, i. e.) in the obedience he renders to the law, James 1:25; add Sir. 19:20 (18).