Lexical 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). |