ποιητήςpoiētḗs
a performer; specially, a "poet";
Greek (New Testament) · G4163
Meanings
1. in classical Greek, a maker, author.
2. Esp., a poet: Acts 17:28.
3. Later, a doer: τ. νόμου, Romans 2:13, James 4:11 (1 Maccabees 2:67); ἔργου, James 1:25; λόγου, James 1:22, James 1:23.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Acts 17:28 For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
- Romans 2:13 For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight.
- James 1:22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
- James 1:23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.
- James 1:25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.
- James 4:11 Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.