Doer
ποιητήςStrong’s G4163poiētēs
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Poiētēs is the Greek word usually translated “doer”, “doers” and “poets”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.”
Meaning
Usually translated “doer”, “doers” and “poets”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a doer 3
- doers 2
- poets 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- James 4
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 2:13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
- James 1:22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
- James 1:23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
- James 1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- James 4:11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Greek dictionary
ποιητής poiētēs · doer
ποιητής, -οῦ ὁ (ποιέω), [in LXX: 1Ma.2:67 * ;] in cl., 1. a maker, author. 2. Esp., a poet: Act.17:28. Later, 3. a doer: τ. νόμου, Rom.2:13, Jas.4:11 (1Mac, l.with); ἔργου, Jas.1:25; λόγου, ib. Jas.1:22-23.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “doer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DOER, noun
[from do.]
- One who does; one who performs or executes; an actor; an agent.
- One who performs what is required; one who observes, keeps or obeys, in practice.“The doers of the law shall be justified” Romans 2:13
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.