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Koine Greek wordlink #146802

SR GNT Yac 1:23 ποιητής (poiaʸtaʸs) ‘is and not a doer this one is like to man’ Strongs=41630 Lemma=poiētēs
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ποιητής (N-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ποιητής’ (N-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘a doer’.

Yac (Jam) 1:25 ‘of forgetful having become but a doer of the work this one blessed’ SR GNT Yac (Jam) 1:25 word 18

OET-LV: 25 But the one having _investigated into the_law perfect, the law of_ the _freedom, and having _continued _with it, not a_listener of _forgetful having _become, but a_doer of_the_work, this one blessed in the doing of _him will _be. (JAM_1:25)

OET-RV: 25 However the person who investigates the perfect law that gives freedom, and then sticks with it, not being just an observer that forgets about it but rather a person who puts it into practice, this person will prosper in whatever they do. (JAM 1:25)

Yac (Jam) 4:11 ‘you are judging not you are a doer of the law but a judge’ SR GNT Yac (Jam) 4:11 word 28

OET-LV: 11 Not be _slandering against _one _another, brothers. The one slandering against_^his_brother or judging the brother of _him, is _slandering against_the_law and is _judging the_law. But if the_law you _are _judging, not you _are a_doer of_the_law, but a_judge. (JAM_4:11)

OET-RV: 11 My fellow believers, don’t make false accusations against each other because anyone who falsely accuses or judges a fellow believer, is slandering against the law and judging it. But if you’re the ones judging the law, then you’re not a follower of the law but a judge of it. (JAM 4:11)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘poiētēs’ have 3 different glosses: ‘a doer’, ‘of the poets’, ‘doers’.

Key: N=noun NMS=nominative,masculine,singular