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Greek · G18, G4160

τὸ ἀγαθὸν ποίει

"Good" (in any sense, often as noun) · to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)

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ἀγαθός G18 "good" (in any sense, often as noun)
Pronunciation agathós
Good as inner moral excellence and actual benefit to others, contrasting with merely outward appearance.
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ποιέω G4160 to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
Pronunciation poiéō
Creates or performs action; πράσσω (prássō) denotes habitual practice versus specific deed.
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What does τὸ ἀγαθὸν ποίει (to agathon poiei) mean in the Bible?

ἀγαθός · ποιέω is a Greek phrase meaning ""good" (in any sense, often as noun)".

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Questions this entry answers

What does ἀγαθός · ποιέω mean in the Bible?

ἀγαθός · ποιέω is a Greek phrase meaning ""good" (in any sense, often as noun)".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G18, G4160?

G18, G4160 is connected to 101 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. "good" (in any sense, often as noun)

Strong's G18, G4160
Lexical occurrences 101 verses Word forms 10 forms 101 references

Source Gloss

"good" (in any sense, often as noun)
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 10 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 10 Aligned forms 101 Case pattern Nominative (21) Number pattern Singular (36)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:35 · Matt 19:17 · Matt 20:15 · Mark 10:18 · Luke 6:45 · Luke 18:19 · Luke 23:50 · John 7:12 · Acts 11:24 · Eph 4:29 10×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 7:17 · Matt 7:18 · John 1:46 · Rom 7:13 · Rom 7:18 · Rom 12:2 · Rom 14:16 · Phlm 1:14 8×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 7:12 · Jas 1:17 2×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rom 3:8 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 19:17 · Rom 2:7 · Rom 7:13 · Phlm 1:6 · 1 Pet 3:13 5×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 1:53 · Acts 9:36 · 1 Tim 2:10 · Heb 9:11 · Heb 10:1 5×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 12:35 · Luke 6:45 · Rom 5:7 3×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 1 Tim 1:5 · 1 Pet 3:21 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Jas 3:17 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Rom 12:9 · Rom 12:21 · Rom 13:3 · Col 1:10 · 1 Tim 5:10 · Heb 13:21 6×
101 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 552 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
completed 117 ongoing 97 prospective 40 resultant 10 imperative 43 background 18 subjunctive 61 infinitive 74 participle 91 optative 1
Tense
aorist 258 present 220 future 41 imperfect 18 perfect 14 pluperfect 1
Voice
active 530 middle 20 passive 2
Mood
indicative 282 participle 91 infinitive 74 subjunctive 61 imperative 43 optative 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 1:24 ἐποίησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 3:10 ποιοῦν present active participle participle Matthew 3:3 ποιεῖτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 3:8 ποιήσατε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 4:19 ποιήσω future active indicative prospective Matthew 5:19 ποιήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 5:32 ποιεῖ present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:36 ποιῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 5:46 ποιοῦσιν present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:47 ποιεῖτε present active indicative ongoing Matthew 5:47 ποιοῦσιν present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:1 ποιεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 6:2 ποιῇς present active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 6:2 ποιοῦσιν present active indicative ongoing Matthew 6:3 ποιοῦντος present active participle participle Matthew 6:3 ποιεῖ present active indicative ongoing Matthew 7:12 ποιῶσιν present active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 7:12 ποιεῖτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 7:17 ποιεῖ present active indicative ongoing Matthew 7:17 ποιεῖ present active indicative ongoing Matthew 7:18 ποιεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 7:18 ποιεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 7:19 ποιοῦν present active participle participle Matthew 7:21 ποιῶν present active participle participle Matthew 7:22 ἐποιήσαμεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 7:24 ποιεῖ present active indicative ongoing Matthew 7:26 ποιῶν present active participle participle Matthew 8:9 Ποίησον aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 8:9 ποιεῖ present active indicative ongoing Matthew 9:28 ποιῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 12:12 ποιεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 12:16 ποιήσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 12:2 ποιοῦσιν present active indicative ongoing Matthew 12:2 ποιεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Matthew 12:3 ἐποίησεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:33 ποιήσατε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 12:33 ποιήσατε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 12:50 ποιήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 13:23 ποιεῖ present active indicative ongoing Matthew 13:26 ἐποίησεν aorist active indicative completed +512 more occurrences

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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