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Koine Greek wordlink #146848

SR GNT Yac 1:25 ποιήσει (poiaʸsei) ‘blessed in the doing of him will_be’ Strongs=41620 Lemma=poiēsis^*
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=60 AD

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Only use of identical word form ποιήσει (N-DFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ποιήσει’ (N-DFS) is always and only glossed as ‘doing’.

Yac (Jam) 1:25 ‘blessed in the doing of him will_be’ SR GNT Yac (Jam) 1:25 word 24

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)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘poiēsis’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun DFS=dative,feminine,singular