Quick Definition
ποίησις, εως, ἡ n.f. a doing
Strong's Definition
from 4160; action, i.e. performance (of the law)
KJV Usage: deed
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | ποιέω
42.7 · Perform, Do · Do, Perform
doing, performance doing or performing (highly generic for almost any type of activity)
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ποίησις, -ews, 1, (ποιέω); 1. a making (Hat. 3, 22; Thue. 3,2; Plat., Dem., al.; Sept. several times for MPD). 2. a doing or performing: ἐν τῇ ποιήσει αὐτοῦ [in his doing, i. 6.1 in the obedience he renders to the law, Jas. i. 25; add Sir. xix. 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 מַעֲשֶׂה and cognate forms;]
a making (Hdt., Thuc., al.).
a doing (Si 19:18 51:19): Ja 1:25.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ποίησις, ἐεᾳ doing, (Jas 125): Sy// 246 (=* 547)*8 (B.C. 211-10) τῆς δὲ ποιήσεως τῆς εἰκό[ν]ος kal τῆς avayoρεύσ[ε]ως ἐπιμεληθῆναι τὸν γραμματέα κτλ. MGr ποίησι, “ἐ poetry.” 3). 66 a making ”’
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ποίησις (poiēsis) — he did. ποί-ησις, εως, ἡ, fabrication, creation, production, opposed to πρᾶξις (action, see [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of Poetry, ἡ τῶν διθυράμβων π., τῆς τραγῳδίας, τῶν ἐπῶν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, art of poetry, οἱ ἐν π. γενόμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἄκροι τῆς π. ἑκατέρας, i.e. tragedy and comedy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. b poetic composition, poem, ἐς ποίησιν ἐσενείκασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. ={εἰσποίησις}, adoption, in plural, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ ποίησιν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ποιήσει υἱοί [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. in collective sense, those adopted, τῆς π. ἣν ἐκεῖνος ἐποιήσατο [Refs]
III. method of procedure, in Magic, [Refs]