Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
workmanship
Usage: ποίημα, -τος, τό (ποιέω), [in LXX chiefly for מַעֲשֶׂה (frequently in Ec) ;] that which is made or done, a work: Rom.1:20, Eph.2:10.† (AS)
Poiema means “thing that is made” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4161 — motsa (“East”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4161 ποίημα (poiema) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. poiema (poy'-ay-mah) n. 1. a product, i.e. fabric {literally or figuratively} It has 29 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include things and workmanship. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
poiema (poy'-ay-mah) n. 1. a product, i.e. fabric {literally or figuratively} [from G4160] KJV: thing that is made, workmanship Root(s): G4160
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workmanship
Usage: ποίημα, -τος, τό (ποιέω), [in LXX chiefly for מַעֲשֶׂה (frequently in Ec) ;] that which is made or done, a work: Rom.1:20, Eph.2:10.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render poiema, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4161 (ποίημα) appears 29 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
27 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Manoah said, Now shall thy word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?
According to all their doings which they have done to me, from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day, even as they have deserted me, and served other gods, so they do also to thee.
And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against thy servant David, for he has not sinned against thee, and his deeds are very good.
First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4161.
And Manoah said, Now shall thy word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?
According to all their doings which they have done to me, from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day, even as they have deserted me, and served other gods, so they do also to thee.
And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against thy servant David, for he has not sinned against thee, and his deeds are very good.
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
And every man was alarmed, And they related the works of God, And understood his deeds.
For thou, O Lord, hast made me glad with thy work: And in the operations of thy hands will I exult.
I remembered the days of old; And I meditated on all thy doings: Yea, I meditated on the works of thy hands.
I beheld all the works That were wrought under the sun; And, behold, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.
I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards.
And I looked on all my works Which my hands had wrought, And on my labor which I labored to perform: And, behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, And there is no advantage under the sun.
So I hated life; Because the work that was wrought under the sun Was evil before me: For all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.
All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: He has also set the whole world in their heart, That man might not find out The work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end.
And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: For there is a time there for every action And for every work.
And I saw that there was no good, But that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, For it is his portion, For who shall bring him to see anything of that which shall be after him?
Better also than both these Is he who has not yet been, Who has not seen all the evil work That is done under the sun.
And I saw all labor, And all the diligent work, That this is a man’s envy from his neighbor. This is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
Suffer not thy mouth to lead thy flesh to sin; And say not in the presence of God, It was an error: Lest God be angry at thy voice, And destroy the works of thy hands.
Behold the works of God: For who shall be able to straighten Him whom God has made crooked?
So I saw all this, And I applied my heart to every work That has been done under the sun; All the things wherein man has power Over man to afflict him.
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; That there are righteous persons to whom it happens According to the doing of the ungodly; And there are ungodly men, to whom it happens According to the doing of the just: I said, This is also vanity.
And I beheld all the works of God, That a man shall not be able to discover The work which is wrought under the sun; Whatsoever things a man shall endeavor to seek, However a man may labor to seek it, Yet he shall not find it; Yea, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, He shall not be able to find it: For I applied all this to my heart, And my heart has seen all this.
Go, eat thy bread with mirth, And drink thy wine with a joyful heart; For now God has favorably accepted thy works.
Whatsoever thy hand shall find to do, Do with all thy might; For there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, Nor wisdom, in Hades whither thou goest.
Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind: As the bones are hidden in the womb of a pregnant woman, So thou shalt not know the works of God, Even all things whatsoever he shall do.
For God will bring every work into judgment, With everything that has been overlooked, Whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Shall ye not be counted as clay of the potter? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Thou didst not form me? or the work to the maker, Thou hast not made me wisely?
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4161, grouped by book.
Poiema (Strong's G4161) is a Greek word most simply glossed "thing that is made". poiema (poy'-ay-mah) n. 1. a product, i.e. fabric {literally or figuratively}
This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's G4161 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4161 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as things and workmanship. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 27 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4161, with linked reader references where each row is available.