ἀγαθοποιέω
agathopoiéō · G15 · Greek · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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to do good, to perform good deeds, good works
To engage in doing what is good
ExamplesLuke 6:9 And Jesus said to them, “I ask you whether it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?”
Luke 6:33 “And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
Luke 6:35 “But love your enemies and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil people.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
8 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated (participle) 5
- Not stated: you (more than one) 2
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἀγαθοποιέωto do good 1
- σύyou 1
- ἀγνωσίαignorance 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- καίand 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔξεστιit is lawful, it is permitted 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀγαθοποιέωto do good 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- θεόςGod 1
- κρεῖσσονbetter 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- θέλημαwill, desire 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- To do good, to perform good deeds, good works88.3
- This verb denotes doing what is beneficial toward others, as in Luke 6:33's question of what credit there is in doing good only to those who do good in return.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ῶ; 1 aorist infinitive ἀγαθοποιῆσαι; (from ἀγαθοποιός); 1. to do good, do something…
1. to do good, do something which profits others: Mk 3:4 (Tdf. ἀγαθόν ποιῆσαι; Lk 6:9); to show oneself beneficent, Acts 14:17 Rec.; τινα, to do some one a favor, to benefit, Lk 6:33, Lk 6:35, (equivalent to הַיטִיב, Zeph 1:12; Num 10:32; Tobit 12:13, etc.).
2. to do well, do right: 1 Pet 2:15, 1 Pet 2:20 (opposed to ἁμαρτάνω); 1 Pet 3:6, 1 Pet 3:17; 3 Jn 1:11. (Not found in secular authors, except in a few of the later in an astrological sense, to furnish a good omen.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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