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)
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G4163 — ποιητής
poiētēs · doer · Greek
6 tagged verse occurrences
Acts 17:28 · ποιητῶν‘For in him we live, and move, and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also his offspring.’Romans 2:13 · ποιηταὶFor it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justifiedJames 1:22 · ποιηταὶBut be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.James 1:23 · ποιητής,For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;James 1:25 · ποιητὴςBut he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.James 4:11 · ποιητὴςDon’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.