Quick Definition
a doing
Strong's Definition
action, i.e. performance (of the law)
Derivation: from G4160 (ποιέω);
KJV Usage: deed
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ποίησις, ποιήσεως, ἡ (ποιέω);
1. a making (Herodotus 3, 22; Thucydides 3, 2; Plato, Demosthenes, others; the Sept. several times for ξΗςΒωΖ�δ).
2. a doing or performing: ἐν τῇ ποιήσει αὐτοῦ (in his doing, i. e.) in the obedience he renders to the law, Jas_1:25; add Sir_19:20 (18).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ποίησις poiēsis 1x
a making; an acting, doing, performance; observance of a law, Jas_1:25
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ποίησις , -εως , ἡ
(ποιέω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H4639 and cognate forms;]
1. a making ( Hdt ., Thuc ., al. ).
2. a doing ( Sir_19:18 ; Sir_51:19 ): Jas_1:25 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ποίησις [page 523]
a doing, a making ( Jas_1:25 ) : Syll 246 (= .3 547) .48 (B.C. 211 10) τῆς δὲ ποιήσεως τῆς εἰκό [ν ]ος καὶ τῆς ἀναγορεύσ [ε ]ως ἐπιμεληθῆναι τὸν γραμματέα κτλ . MGr ποίησι , poetry.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ποίησις ποίησις, εως, [Etym: ποιέω] "a making, fabrication, creation, production", opp. to πρᾶξις "(action)", Hdt. , attic of poetry, ἡ π. τῆς τραγῳδίας, etc., Plat. : absol. "poetic faculty, poesy, art of poetry", Hdt. , Ar. , etc. "a poetic composition, poem", Thuc. , Plat. = εἰσποίησις, "adoption", Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ποίησις, -εως, ἡ
(ποιέω) [in LXX chiefly for מַעֲשֶׂה and cognate forms ;]
__1. a making (Hdt., Thuc., al.).
__2. a doing (Sir.19:18 51:19): Jas.1:25.†
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