What does ποιητής (poiētḗs) mean in the Bible?
ποιητής (poiētḗs): One who actively produces or performs, whether composing poetry or doing deeds, not merely speaking or knowing.
Greek · G4163
ποιητής
A performer; specially, a "poet";
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ποιητής G4163
Pronunciation poiētḗs
What does ποιητής (poiētḗs) mean in the Bible?
ποιητής (poiētḗs): One who actively produces or performs, whether composing poetry or doing deeds, not merely speaking or knowing.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4163?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include doers (2), a practitioner (1), doer (1), does not carry it out (1), poets (1).
Where does ποιητής (poiētḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 17:28. Its strongest book concentrations include James (4), Acts (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It doers 2× Romans 2:13, James 1:22
a practitioner 1× James 4:11
doer 1× James 1:25
does not carry it out 1× James 1:23
poets 1× Acts 17:28
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 17:28 ποιητῶν to poets Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Romans 2:13 ποιηταὶ to doers Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural James 1:22 ποιηταὶ to doers Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural James 1:23 ποιητής to does not carry it out Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular James 1:25 ποιητὴς to doer Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular James 4:11 ποιητὴς to a practitioner Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 17:28
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Acts 1 Romans 1 James 4
Source forms
ποιηταὶ 2x poiētai Romans 2:13, James 1:22
ποιητὴς 2x poiētēs James 1:25, James 4:11
ποιητής 1x poiētēs James 1:23
ποιητῶν 1x poiētōn Acts 17:28
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x James 1:23, James 1:25, James 4:11
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Romans 2:13, James 1:22
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 17:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who actively produces or performs, whether composing poetry or doing deeds, not merely speaking or knowing.
Strong's G4163
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 17:28 Source Gloss
a performer; specially, a "poet";
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
One who actively produces or performs, whether composing poetry or doing deeds, not merely speaking or knowing.
(ποιέω), [in LXX: 1Ma.2:67 * ;] in cl.,
1a maker, author.
2Esp., a poet: Act.17:28. Later,
3a doer: τ. νόμου, Rom.2:13, Jas.4:11 (1Mac, l.with); ἔργου, Jas.1:25; λόγου, ib. Jas.1:22-23.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 17:28 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ποιητῶν poihtwn
a doer, performer, poet
Read verse Romans 2:13 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ποιηταὶ poihtai
a doer, performer, poet
Read verse James 1:22 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ποιηταὶ poihtai
a doer, performer, poet
Read verse James 1:23 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ποιητής, poihthv
a doer, performer, poet
Read verse James 1:25 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ποιητὴς poihthv
a doer, performer, poet
Read verse James 4:11 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ποιητὴς poihthv
a doer, performer, poet
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Nominative (5) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Jas 1:23 · Jas 1:25 · Jas 4:11 3×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rom 2:13 · Jas 1:22 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Acts 17:28 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
A composer or author of literary works, specifically verse
Those who actively perform or practice the law, not merely hear it
One who executes or carries out the word in practice, not merely a listener
A performer or practitioner of the perfect law of liberty
One who actively fulfills or practices the law through obedient action
Showing 5 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ποιητής is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain