Greek verb · G15
ἀγαθοποιέω
agathopoieoag-ath-op-oy-eh'-o
to do good
9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: agathopoiéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G15is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G15
to be a well-doer (as a favor or a duty)
The King James renders it: (when) do good (well).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
agathopoieo is rendered "to do good". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 6:9Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
Luke 6:9ἀγαθοποιῆσαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- doing good5
- do good1
- doing good to1
- to do good1
- you shall do good1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀγαθός | agathos | good | Uses102 |
| ἀγαθωσύνη | agathosyne | goodness | Uses4 |
| ἀγαθοεργέω | agathoergeo | to do good | Uses2 |
| ἀγαθοποιΐα | agathopoiia | doing good | Uses1 |
| ἀγαθοποιός | agathopoios | doing good | Uses1 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀγαθοποιοῦντας3
- ἀγαθοποιεῖτε1
- ἀγαθοποιῆσαι1
- ἀγαθοποιῆτε1
- ἀγαθοποιοῦντες1
- ἀγαθοποιοῦσαι1
- ἀγαθοποιῶν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural3V-PAP-APM
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural1V-PAM-2P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1V-PAP-NPF
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-PAS-2P
Luke
four uses
Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”
- ἀγαθοποιῆσαιagathopoiesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to do good
If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
- ἀγαθοποιῆτεagathopoieteverb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall do good
- ἀγαθοποιοῦνταςagathopoiountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: doing good to
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
- ἀγαθοποιεῖτεagathopoieiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do good
1 Peter
four uses
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
- ἀγαθοποιοῦνταςagathopoiountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: doing good
How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
- ἀγαθοποιοῦντεςagathopoiountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: doing good
just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
- ἀγαθοποιοῦσαιagathopoiousaiverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: doing good
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
- ἀγαθοποιοῦνταςagathopoiountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: doing good
3 John
one use
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
- ἀγαθοποιῶνagathopoionverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: doing good
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.