ποιέω, ποιῶ; imperfect 3 person singular ἐποίει, plural 2 person ἐποιεῖτε, 3 person ἐποίουν; future ποιήσω; 1 aorist ἐποίησα, 3 person plural optative ποιήσειαν (Luk 6:11 R G; cf. Winers Grammar, § 13, 2 d.; (Buttmann, 42 (37))) and ποιήσαιεν (ibid. L T Tr WH (see WH’s Appendix, p. 167)); perfect πεποίηκα; pluperfect πεποιήκειν without augment (Mar 15:7; see Winers Grammar, § 12, 9; Buttmann, 33 (29)); middle, present ποιοῦμαι; imperfect ἐποιουμην; future ποιήσομαι; 1 aorist ἐποιησάμην; perfect passive participle πεποιημενος (Heb 12:27); from Homer down; Hebrew òÈùÈÒä; Latinfacio, that is,

I. to make (Latineffcio),

1. τί;

a. with the names of the things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc.: ἀντρακιαν, Joh 18:18; εἰκόνα, Rev 13:14; ἱμάτια, Act 9:39; ναούς, Act 19:24; σκηνάς, Mat 17:4; Mar 9:5; Luk 9:33; τύπους, Act 7:43; πηλόν, Joh 9:11; Joh 9:14; πλάσμα, Rom 9:20; according to some interpreters (also Winer’s Grammar, 256 n. 1 (210 n. 2)) ὁδόν ποιεῖν, to make a path, Mar 2:23 R G T Tr text WH text (so that the meaning is, that the disciples of Christ made a path for themselves through the standing grain by plucking the heads; see ὁδοποιέω, at the end. If we adopt this interpretation, we must take the ground that Mark does not give us the true account of the matter, but has sadly corrupted the narrative received from others; (those who do accept it, however, not only lay stress on the almost unvarying lexical usage, but call attention to the fact that the other interpretation (see below) finds the leading idea expressed in the participle — an idiom apparently foreign to the N. T. (see Winer’s Grammar, 353 (331)), and to the additional circumstance that Mark introduces the phrase after having already expressed the idea of ’going’, and expressed it by substantially the same word (παραπορεύεσθαι) which Matthew () and Luke () employ and regard as of itself sufficient. On the interpretation of the passage, the alleged ’sad corruption,’ etc., see James Morison, Commentary on Mar 2:1-28 nd edition, p. 57f; on the other side, Weiss, Marcusevangelium, p. 100). But see just below, under c.). to create, to produce: of God, as the author of all things, τί or τινα, Mat 19:4; Mar 10:6; Luk 11:40; Heb 1:2; Act 4:24; Act 7:50; Act 17:24; Rev 14:7; passive, Heb 12:27 (Wis 1:13 Wis 9:9; 2Ma 7:28, and often in the O. T. Apocrypha; for òÈùÈÒä in Gen 1:7; Gen 1:16; Gen 1:25, etc.; for áÈÌøÈà in Gen 1:21; Gen 1:27; Gen 5:1, etc.; also in Greek writings: γένος ἀνθρώπων, Hesiod op. 109, etc.; absolutely, ὁ ποιῶν, the creator, Plato, Tim., p. 76 c.); here belongs also Heb 3:2, on which see Bleek and Lünemann ((cf. below, 2 c. β.)). In imitation of the Hebrew òÈùÈÒä (cf. Winer(’s Simonis (4th edition 1828)), Lex. Hebrew et Chald., p. 754; Gesenius, Thesaurus, ii., p. 1074f) absolutely of men, to labor, to do work, Mat 20:12 (Rth 2:19); equivalent to to be operative, exercise activity, Rev 13:5 Relz. L T Tr WH (cf. Dan 11:28; but others render ποιεῖν in both these examples spend, continue, in reference to time; see II.

d. below).

b. joined to nouns denoting a state or condition, it signifies to be the author of, to cause: σκάνδαλα, Rom 16:17; εἰρήνην (to be the author of harmony), Eph 2:15; Jas 3:18; ἐπισύστασιν (L T Tr WH ἐπίστασιν), Act 24:12; συστροφήν, Act 23:12; ποιῶ τίνι τί, to bring, afford, a thing to one, Luk 1:68; Act 15:3 (so also Greek writings, as Xenophon, mem. 3, 10, 8 (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word A. II. 1 a.)).

c. joined to nouns involving the idea of action (or of something which is accomplished by action), so as to form a periphrasis for the verb cognate to the substantive, and thus to express the idea of the verb more forcibly — in which species of periphrasis the Greeks more commonly use the middle (see 3 below, and Winers Grammar, 256 (240); (Buttmann, § 135, 5)): μόνην ποιῶ παρά τίνι, Joh 14:23 (where L T Tr WH ποιησόμεθα; cf. Thucydides 1, 131); ὁδόν, to make one’s way, go, Mar 2:23 (where render as follows: they began, as they went, to pluck the ears; cf. ποιῆσαι ὁδόν αὐτοῦ, Jdg 17:8; the Greeks say ὁδόν ποιεῖσθαι, Herodotus 7, 42; see above, under a.); πόλεμον, Rev 13:5 Rec.elz; with the addition of μετά τίνος (equivalent to πολεμεῖν), Rev 11:7; Rev 12:17; Rev 13:7 (here L omits; WH Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); (see μετά, I. 2 d., p. 403{b}); ἐκδίκησιν, Luk 18:7-8; τίνι, Act 7:24, (Mic 5:15); ἐνέδραν, equivalent to ἐνεδρεύω, to make an ambush, lay wait, Act 25:3; συμβούλιον, equivalent to συμβουλεύομαι, to hold a consultation, deliberate, Mar 3:6 (R G T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading); Mar 15:1 (here T WH marginal reading συμβούλιον ἑτοιμασαντες); συνωμοσίαν, equivalent to συνόμνυμι, Act 23:13 (where L T Tr WH ποιησάμενοι for Rec. πεποιηκότες; see in 3 below); κρίσιν, to execute judgment, Joh 5:27; Jud 1:15. To this head may be referred norms by which the mode or kind of action is more precisely defined; as δυνάμεις, δύναμιν, ποιεῖν, Mat 7:22; Mat 13:58; Mar 6:5; Act 19:11; τήν ἐξουσίαν τίνος, Rev 13:12; ἔργον (a notable work), ἔργα, of Jesus, Joh 5:36; Joh 7:3; Joh 7:21; Joh 10:25; Joh 14:10; Joh 14:12; Joh 15:24; κράτος, Luk 1:51; σημεῖα, τέρατα καί σημεῖα (Mar 13:22 Tdf.); Joh 2:23; Joh 3:2; Joh 4:54; Joh 6:2; Joh 6:14; Joh 6:30; Joh 7:31; Joh 9:16; Joh 10:41; Joh 11:47; Joh 12:18; Joh 12:37; Joh 20:30; Act 2:22; Act 6:8; Act 7:36; Act 8:6; Act 15:12; Rev 13:13-14; Rev 16:14; Rev 19:20; θαυμάσια, Mat 21:15; ὅσα ἐποίει, ἐποίησαν, etc., Mar 3:8; Mar 6:30; Luk 9:10; in other phrases it is used of marvellous works, Mat 9:28; Luk 4:23; Joh 4:45; Joh 7:4; Joh 11:45-46; Joh 21:25 (not Tdf.); Act 10:39; Act 14:11; Act 21:19; etc.

d. equivalent to to make ready, to prepare: ἄριστον, Luk 14:12; δεῖπνον, Mar 6:21; Luk 14:16; Joh 12:2 (δεῖπνον ποιεῖσθαι, Xenophon, Cyril 3, 3, 25); δοχήν, Luk 5:29; Luk 14:13 (Gen 21:8); γάμους, Mat 22:2 (γάμον, Tob 8:19).

e. of things effected by generative force, to produce, bear, shoot forth: of trees, vines, grass, etc., κλάδους, Mar 4:32; καρπούς, Mat 3:8, etc., see καρπός, 1 and 2 a. (Gen 1:11-12; Aristotle, de plant. (1, 4, p. 819b, 31); 2, 10 (829a, 41); Theophrastus, de caus. plant. 4, 11 ((?))); ἐλαίας, Jas 3:12 (τόν οἶνον, of the vine, Josephus, Antiquities 11, 3, 5); of a fountain yielding water, ibid.

f. ποιῶ ἐμαυτῷ τί, to acquire, to provide a thing for oneself (i. e. for one’s use): βαλάντια, Luk 12:33; φίλους, Luk 16:9; without a dative, to gain: of tradesmen (like our colloquialism, to make something), Mat 25:16 (L Tr WH ἐκέρδησεν); Luk 19:18 (Polybius 2, 62, 12; pecuniam maximam facere, Cicero, Verr. 2, 2, 6).

2. With additions to the accusative which define or limit the idea of making:

a. τί ἐκ τίνος (genitive of material), to make a thing out of something, Joh 2:15; Joh 9:6; Rom 9:21; κατά τί, according to the pattern of a thing (see κατά, II. 3 c. α.), Act 7:41. with the addition, to the accusative of the thing, of an adjective with which the verb so blends that, taken with the adjective, it may be changed into the verb cognate to the adjective: εὐθείας ποιεῖν (τάς τρίβους), equivalent to ἐυθύνειν, Mat 3:3; Mar 1:3; Luk 3:4; τρίχα λευκήν ἡ μέλαιναν, equivalent to λευκαίνειν, μελαίνειν, Mat 5:36; add, Act 12:19; Heb 12:13; Rev 21:5.

b. τό ἱκανόν τίνι; see ἱκανός, a. c. ποιεῖν τινα with an accusative of the predicate, α. to (make i. e.) render one anything: τινα ἴσον τίνι, Mat 20:12; τινα δῆλον, Mat 26:73; add, Mat 12:16; Mat 28:14; Mar 3:12; Joh 5:11; Joh 5:15; Joh 7:23; Joh 16:2; Rom 9:28 (R G, Tr marginal reading in brackets); Heb 1:7; Rev 12:15; τινας ἁλιεῖς, to make them fit (qualify them) for fishing, Mat 4:19; (ποιῶν ταῦτα γνωστά ἀπ’ αἰῶνος, Act 15:17 f, G T Tr WH (see γνωστός, and cf. II.

a. below)); τά ἀμφότερα ἕν, to make the two different things one, Eph 2:14; to change one thing into another, Mat 21:13; Mar 11:17; Luk 19:46; Joh 2:16; Joh 4:46; 1Co 6:15. β. to (make i. e.) constitute or appoint one anything: τινα κύριον, Act 2:36; Rev 5:10; to this sense some interpreters would refer Heb 3:2 also, where after τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτόν they supply from the preceding context τόν ἀπόστολον καί ἀρχιερέα κτλ.; but it is more correct to take ποιεῖν here in the sense of create (see 1 a. above); τινα, ἵνα with the subjunctive to appoint or ordain one that etc. Mar 3:14. γ. to (make, i. e.) declare one anything: Joh 5:18; Joh 8:53; Joh 10:33; Joh 19:7; Joh 19:12; 1Jn 1:10; 1Jn 5:10; τί with an accusative of the predicate Mat 12:33 (on which see Meyer).

d. with adverbs: καλῶς ποιῶ τί, Mar 7:37 (A. V. do); τινα ἔξω, to put one forth, to lead him out (German hiuausthun), Act 5:34 (Xenophon, Cyril 4, 1, 3).

e. ποιῶ τινα with an infinitive to make one do a thing, Mar 8:25 (R G L Tr marginal reading); Luk 5:34; Joh 6:10; Act 17:26; or become something, Mar 1:17; τινα followed by τοῦ with an infinitive to cause one to etc. Act 3:12 (Winers Grammar, 326 (306); Buttmann, § 140, 16 δ.); also followed by ἵνα (Buttmann, § 139, 43; Winer’s Grammar, § 44, 8 b. at the end), Joh 11:37; Col 4:16; Rev 13:15 (here T omits; WH brackets ἵνα); ; (other examples in Sophocles’ Lexicon, under the word, 8).

3. As the active ποιεῖν (see 1 c. above), so also the middle ποιεῖσθαι, joined to accusatives of abstract nouns forms a periphrasis for the verb cognate to the substantive; and then, while ποιεῖν signifies to be the author of a thing (to cause, bring about, as ποιεῖν πόλεμον, εἰρήνην), ποιεῖσθαι denotes an action which pertains in some way to the actor (for oneself, among themselves, etc., as σπονδάς, εἰρήνην ποιεῖσθαι), or which is done by one with his own resources ((the ’dynamic’ or ’subjective’ middle), as πόλεμον ποιεῖσθαι (to make, carry on, war); cf. Passow, under the word, I. 2 a. ii., p. 974f; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. II. 4); Krüger, § 52, 8, 1; Blume ad Lycurgus, p. 55; (Winers Grammar, § 38, 5 n.; Buttmann, § 135, 5); although this distinction is not always, observed even by the Greeks): ποιεῖσθαι μόνην (make our abode), Joh 14:23 L T Tr WH (see 1 c. above); συνωμοσίαν (Herodian, 7, 4, 7 (3 edition, Bekker); Polybius 1, 70, 6; 6, 13, 4; in the second instance Polybius might more fitly have said ποιεῖν), Act 23:13 L T Tr WH, see 1 c. above; λόγον, to compose a narrative, Act 1:1; to make account of, regard, (see λόγος, II. 2 (and cf. I. 3 a.)), Act 20:24 (T Tr WH, λόγου); ἀναβολήν (see ἀναβολή), Act 25:17; ἐκβολήν (see ἐκβολή, b.), Act 27:18; κοπετόν (equivalent to κόπτομαι), Act 8:2 (here L T Tr WH give the active, cf. Buttmann, § 135, 5 n.); πορείαν (equivalent to πορεύομαι), Luk 13:22 (Xenophon, Cyril 5, 2, 31; anab. 5, 6, 11; Josephus, Vita §§11 and52; Plutarch, de solert. anim., p. 971 e.; 2Ma 3:8 2Ma 12:10); κοινωνίαν, to make a contribution among themselves and from their own means, Rom 15:26; σπουδήν, Jud 1:3 (Herodotus 1, 4; 9, 8; Plato, legg. 1, p. 628 e.; Polybius 1, 46, 2 and often; Diodorus 1, 75; Plutarch, puer. educ. 7, 13; others); αὔξησιν (equivalent to ἀυξάνομαι), to make increase, Eph 4:16; δέησιν, δεήσεις, equivalent to δέομαι, to make supplication, Luk 5:33; Php 1:4; 1Ti 2:1; μνείαν (which see); μνήμην (which see in b.), 2Pe 1:15; πρόνοιαν (equivalent to προνωυμαι), to have regard for, care for, make provision for, τίνος, Rom 13:14 (Isocrates paneg. §§ 2 and 136 (pp. 52 and 93, Lange edition); Demosthenes, p. 1163, 19; 1429, 8; Polybius 4, 6, 11; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 5, 46; Josephus, b. j. 4, 5, 2; Antiquities 5, 7, 9; contra Apion 1, 2, 3; Aelian v. h. 12, 56; others; cf. Kypke, Observations, ii, p. 187); καθαρισμόν, Heb 1:3 (Job 7:21); βέβαιον ποιεῖσθαι τί, equivalent to βεβαιουν, 2Pe 1:10.

II. to do (Latinago), i. e. to follow some method in expressing by deeds the feelings and thoughts of the mind;

a. universally, with adverbs describing the mode of action: καλῶς, to act rightly, do well, Mat 12:12; 1Co 7:37-38; Jas 2:19; καλῶς ποιεῖν followed by a participle (cf. Buttmann, § 144, 15 a.; Winer’s Grammar, § 45, 4 a.), Act 10:33; Php 4:14; 2Pe 1:19; 3Jn 1:6 (examples from Greek writings are given by Passow, under II. 1 b. vol. ii., p. 977{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, B. I. 3)); κρεῖσσον, 1Co 7:38; φρονίμως, Luk 16:8; οὕτω (οὕτως), Mat 5:47 (R G); ; Luk 9:15; Luk 12:43; Joh 14:31; Act 12:8; 1Co 16:1; Jas 2:12; ὡς καθώς, Mat 1:24; Mat 21:6; Mat 26:19; Mat 28:15; Luk 9:54 (T Tr text WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); 1Th 5:11; ὥσπερ, Mat 6:2; ὁμοίως, Luk 3:11; Luk 10:37; ὡσαύτως, Mat 20:5. κατά τί, Mat 23:3; Luk 2:27; πρός τί, to do according to a thing (see πρός, I. 3 f.), Luk 12:47. with a participle indicating the mode of acting, ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα, I acted (A. V. did it] ignorantly, 1Ti 1:13. with the accusative of a thing, and that the accusative of a pronoun: with τί indefinite 1Co 10:31; with τί interrogative, Mat 12:3; Mar 2:25; Mar 11:3 (not Lachmann marginal reading); Luk 3:12; Luk 3:14; Luk 6:2; Luk 10:25; Luk 16:3-4; Luk 18:18; Joh 7:51; Joh 11:47, etc.; with a participle added, τί ποιεῖτε λύοντες; equivalent to διά τί λύετε; Mar 11:5; τί ποιεῖτε κλαίοντες; Act 21:13; but differently τί ποιήσουσι κτλ.; i. e. what must be thought of the conduct of those who receive baptism? Will they not seem to act foolishly? 1Co 15:29. τί περισσόν, Mat 5:47; with the relative ὁ, Mat 26:13; Mar 14:9; Luk 6:3; Joh 13:7; 2Co 11:12, etc.; τοῦτο, i. e. what has just been said, Mat 13:28; Mar 5:32; Luk 5:6; Luk 22:19 ((WH reject the passage)); Rom 7:20; 1Co 11:25; 1Ti 4:16; Heb 6:3; Heb 7:27, etc.; τοῦτο to be supplied, Luk 6:10; αὐτό τοῦτο, Gal 2:10; ταῦτα, Mat 23:23; Gal 5:17; 2Pe 1:10; (ταῦτα followed by a predicate adjective Act 15:17 f, G T Tr WH (according to one construction; cf. R. V. marginal reading, see I. 2 c. α. above, and cf. γνωστός)); αὐτά, Rom 2:3; Gal 3:10. With nouns which denote a command, or some rule of action, ποιῶ signifies to carry out, to execute; as, τόν νόμον, in classical Greek to make a law, Latinlegem ferre, of legislators; but in Biblical Greek to do the law, meet its demands,legi satisfacere, Joh 7:19; Gal 5:3, (Jos 22:5; 1Ch 22:12; הַתְּורָה òÈùÈÒä, 2>Ch 14:3 (4)); τά τοῦ νόμου, the things which the law commands, Rom 2:14; τάς ἐντολάς, Mat 5:19; 1Jn 5:2 L T Tr WH; Rev 22:14 R G; τό θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ;, Mat 7:21; Mat 12:50; Mar 3:35; Joh 4:34; Joh 6:38; Joh 7:17; Joh 9:31; Eph 6:6; Heb 13:21; τά θελήματα τῆς σαρκός, Eph 2:3; τάς ἐπιθυμίας τίνος, Joh 8:44; τήν γνώμην τίνος, Rev 17:17; μίαν γνώμην, to follow one and the same mind (purpose) in acting, ibid. R G T Tr WH; τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Luk 8:21; τούς λόγους τίνος, Mat 7:24; Mat 7:26; Luk 6:47; Luk 6:49; ἅ or ὁ or ὁ, τί etc. λέγει τίς, Mat 23:3; Luk 6:46; Joh 2:5; Act 21:23; ἅ παραγγέλλει τίς, 2Th 3:4; τήν πρόθεσιν, Eph 3:11; τά διαταχθέντα, Luk 17:10 (τό προσταχθεν, Sophocles Phil. 1010); ὁ αἰτεῖ τίς, Joh 14:13; Eph 3:20; ὁ ἐντέλλεται τίς, Joh 15:14; τά ἔθη, Act 16:21. With nouns describing a plan or course of action, to perform, accomplish: ἔργα, Tit 3:5; ποιεῖν τά ἔργα τίνος, to do the same works as another, Joh 8:39; Joh 8:41; τά πρῶτα ἔργα, Rev 2:5; τά ἔργα τοῦ Θεοῦ, delivered by God to be performed, Joh 10:37 f; τό ἔργον, work committed to me by God, Joh 17:4; τό ἐργοι εὐαγγελιστοῦ, to perform what the relations and duties of an evangelist demand, 2Ti 4:5; ἔργον τί, to commit an evil deed, 1Co 5:2 (T WH Tr marginal reading πράξας); plural 3Jn 1:10; ἀγαθόν, to do good, Mat 19:16; (Mar 3:4 Tdf.); 1Pe 3:11; τό ἀγαθόν, Rom 13:3; ὁ ἐάν ἀγαθόν, Eph 6:8; τά ἀγαθά, Joh 5:29; τό καλόν, Rom 7:21; 2Co 13:7; Gal 6:9; Jas 4:17; τά ἀρεστά τῷ Θεῷ, Joh 8:29; τό ἀρεστόν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, Heb 13:21; 1Jn 3:22; τί πιστόν, to perform something worthy of a Christian (see πιστός, at the end), 3Jn 1:5; τήν δικαιοσύνην, Mat 6:1 (for Rec. ἐλεημοσύνην); 1Jn 2:29; 1Jn 3:7; 1Jn 3:10 (not Lachmann; Rev 22:11 G L T Tr WH); τήν ἀλήθειαν (to act uprightly; see ἀλήθεια, I. 2 c.), Joh 3:21; 1Jn 1:6; χρηστότητα, Rom 3:12; ἔλεος, to show oneself merciful, Jas 2:13; with μετά τίνος added (see ἔλεος, ἐλέους, 1 and 2 b.), Luk 1:72; Luk 10:37; ἐλεημοσύνην, Mat 6:2 f; plural, Act 9:36; Act 10:2 (see ἐλεημοσύνη, 1 and 2). to commit: τήν ἁμαρτίαν, Joh 8:34; 1Jn 3:4; 1Jn 3:8; ἁμαρτίαν, 2Co 11:7; Jas 5:15; 1Pe 2:22; 1Jn 3:9; τήν ἀνομίαν, Mat 13:41; ἁμάρτημα, 1Co 6:18; τά μή καθήκοντα, Rom 1:28; ὁ οὐκ ἔξεστιν, Mat 12:2; Mar 2:24; ἄξια πληγῶν; Luk 12:48; βδέλυγμα, Rev 21:27; φόνον, Mar 15:7; ψεῦδος, Rev 21:27; Rev 22:15; κακόν, Mat 27:23; Mar 15:14; Luk 23:22; 2Co 13:7; τό κακόν, Rom 13:4; plural κακά, 1Pe 3:12; τά κακά, Rom 3:8.

b. ποιεῖν τί with the case of a person added; α. with an accusative of the person: τί ποιήσω Ἰησοῦν; what shall I do unto Jesus? Mat 27:22; Mar 15:12; cf. Winers Grammar, 222 (208); (Buttmann, § 131, 6; Kühner, § 411, 5); Matthiae, § 415, 1 a. β.; also with an adverb, εὖ ποιῶ τινα, to do well i. e. show oneself good (kind) to one (see εὖ, under the end), Mar 14:7 R G; also καλῶς ποιῶ, Mat 5:44 Rec. β. with a dative of the person, to do (a thing) unto one (to his advantage or disadvantage), rarely so in Greek writings (cf. Winer’s Grammar, and B as above; Kühner, as above Anm. 6): Mat 7:12; Mat 18:35; Mat 20:32; Mat 21:40; Mat 25:40; Mat 25:45; Mar 5:19-20; Mar 10:51; Luk 1:49; Luk 6:11; Luk 8:39; Luk 18:41; Luk 20:15; Joh 9:26; Joh 12:16; Joh 13:12; Act 4:16; also with an adverb: καθώς, Mar 15:8; Luk 6:31; Joh 13:15; ὁμοίως, Luk 6:31; οὕτως, Luk 1:25; Luk 2:48; ὡσαύτως, Mat 21:36; καλῶς ποιεῖν τίνι, Luk 6:27; εὖ, Mar 14:7 L Tr WH; κακά τίνι, to do evil to one, Act 9:13; τί, what (namely, κακόν), Heb 13:6 (according to punctuation of G L T Tr WH); ταῦτα πάντα, all these evils, Joh 15:21 R G L marginal reading; ποιεῖν τίνι κατά τά αὐτά (L T Tr WH (Rec. ταῦτα)), in the same manner, Luk 6:23; Luk 6:26. γ. ποιεῖν τί with the more remote object added by means of a preposition: ἐν τίνι (German an einem), to do to one, Mat 17:12; Luk 23:31 (here A. V. ’in the green tree,’ etc.); also εἰς τινα, unto one, Joh 15:21 L text T Tr WH.

c. God is said ποιῆσαι τί μετά τίνος, when present with and aiding (see μετά, I. 2 b. β.), Act 14:27; Act 15:4.

d. with designations of time (Buttmann, § 131, 1), to pass, spend: χρόνον, Act 15:33; Act 18:23; μῆνας τρεῖς, Act 20:3; νυχθήμερον, 2Co 11:25; ἐνιαυτόν or ἐνιαυτόν ἕνα, Jas 4:13 (Tob 10:7; Josephus, Antiquities 6, 1, 4 at the end; Stallbaum on Plato, Phileb., p. 50 c., gives examples from Greek writings (and references; cf. also Sophocles’ Lexicon, under the word 9); in the same sense òÈùÈÒä in Ecc 6:12 (); and the Latinfacere: Cicero, ad Att. 5, 20Apameae quinque dies morati, ... Iconii decem fecimus; Seneca, epistles 66 (l. 7, epistle 4, Haase edition),quamvis autem paucissimos una fecerimus dies); some interpreters bring in here also Mat 20:12 and Rev 13:5 Rec.not elz L T Tr WH; but on these passagaes see I. 1 a. above.

e. like the Latinago equivalent to to celebrate, keep, with the accusative of a noun designating a feast: τό πάσχα, Mat 26:18 (Jos 5:10; but in Heb 11:28 the language denotes to make ready, and so at the same time to institute, the celebration of the passover; German veranstalten); τήν ἑορτήν, Act 18:21 Rec. f. equivalent to (Latinperficio) to perform: as opposed to λέγειν, Mat 23:3; to θέλειν, 2Co 8:10 f; to a promise, 1Th 5:24. (Compare: περιποιέω, προσποιέω.) [SYNONYMS: ποιεῖν, πράσσειν: roughly speaking, ποιεῖν may be said to answer to the Latinfacere or the English do, πράσσειν to agere or English practise; ποιεῖν to designate performance, πράσσειν intended, earnest, habitual, performance; ποιεῖν to denote merely productive action, πράσσειν definitely directed action; ποιεῖν to point to an actual result, πράσσειν to the scope and character of the result. In Attic in certain connections the difference between them is great, in others hardly perceptible (Schmidt); see his Syn., chapter 23, especially § 11; cf. Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § xcvi.; Green, ’Critical Note’ on Joh 5:29; (cf. πράσσω, at the beginning and 2). The words are associated in Joh 3:20-21; Joh 5:29; Act 26:9-10; Rom 1:32; Rom 2:3; Rom 7:15 ff; Rom 13:4, etc.]