2001 Translation

POIĒSIN, poiēsin

Sounds Like: poy-EE-sin

Translations: a doing, a making, a deed, a work

From the root: ΠΟΙΗΣΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of doing or making something, or the result of such an action, a deed or a work. It describes an activity or an accomplishment.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G4161 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:57

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 26:7, 27:7

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 18:2

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 2:12

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 4 — 8:299, 8:303
• Book 14 — 10:256
• Book 18 — 1:21, 3:55

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 64:8

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 28:8
• Leviticus — 8:7
• 2 Kings — 16:10
• Psalms — 18:2
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 9:14

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 4 — 3:5
• Mandate 9 — 1:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΙΗΣΙΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΟΙΗΣΕΣΙΝ — (to) a doing, (to) a making, (to) a deed, (to) an action, (to) a creation
• ΠΟΙΗΣΕΩΣ — of making, of doing, of creation, of performance, of work, of a deed
• ΠΟΙΗΣΙ — a doing, a making, a performance, a deed, a work
• ΠΟΙΗΣΙΣ — doing, making, deed, work, performance, action, a doing, a making

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