ποί-ημα G4161
something made or created; a work, product, or poem
A noun meaning anything made or done—a work, creation, product, or composition. Classical Greek used it for artistic works (including poems—our word 'poem' derives from this root) and crafted objects. Paul employs it theologically for God's creative work. In Romans 1:20, God's 'eternal power and divine nature have been clearly perceived in the things that have been made'—creation testifies to the Creator. In Ephesians 2:10, believers are 'His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works'—we are God's crafted masterpiece, His new creation, made for purpose.
Senses
1. sense 1 — That which has been made or created, whether the original creation or new creation in Christ. In Romans, 'the things made' (creation itself) reveal God's invisible attributes to all humanity—nature testifies to the divine craftsman. In Ephesians, 'His workmanship' describes redeemed believers—we are God's artistic product, His crafted work in Christ, fashioned for the good works He prepared. The German 'Werke' and French 'chose faite' emphasize the made-ness: these are products of creative action, evidence of the Maker's hand. 2×
AR["المَصنوعاتِ", "صَنعَتُهُ"]·ben["সৃষ্ট-বস্তুসমূহ-দ্বারা,", "সৃষ্টি"]·DE["Werke"]·EN["things-made", "workmanship"]·FR["Werke", "chose-faite"]·heb["יְצִירָה", "מַעֲשִׂים"]·HI["बनाई-हुई-वस्तुओं", "रचन"]·ID["ciptaan,", "hasil-karya,"]·IT["fattura", "poiēma"]·jav["pakaryan,", "pakaryanipun,"]·KO["만드신-것들-로", "작품,"]·PT["coisas-feitas", "feitura,"]·RU["творение,", "творениями"]·ES["cosas-hechas", "hechura"]·SW["kazi-yake", "vilivyofanywa,"]·TR["biz", "yapıtlarda"]·urd["بنائی-ہوئی-چیزوں", "کاریگری"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ποί-ημα, ατος, τό, (ποιέω) anything made or done: hence, __I work, π. χρύσεα, χάλκεα καὶ σιδήρεα, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the works of Daedalus, Refs 5th c.BC+; π. ἐραστοῦ a lover's invention, Refs; product, of land formed by silting-up of rivers, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __I.2 poem, Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, of single verses, ={ἔπη}, Refs 1st c.BC+ __I.2.b poetical, especially metrical, form, περὶ ποιήματος,…