ἀγαθοποιέω

agathopoieō

to do good

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Strong’s G15Verb9 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Luke4

1 Peter4

3 John1

Translated as

doing good5

to do good1

you shall do good1

doing good to1

do good1

In the text

Luke 6:9ἀγαθοποιῆσαι
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?”
1 Peter 2:15ἀγαθοποιοῦντας
For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
3 John 1:11ἀγαθοποιῶν
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.

Abbott-Smith

ἀγαθὀ-ποιέω, -ῶ (= cl. ἀγαθὸν ποιεῖν, εὐεργετεῖν),
[in LXX: Num.10:32, Jdg.17:13 A, Zep.1:12 (יטב hi.), Tob.12:13 B, 1Ma.11:33, 2Ma.1:2 * ;]
to do good;

(a) univ.: 1Pe.2:15, 20, 3:6, 17, 3Jo.11;

(b) for another's benefit: Mrk.3:4 (T, ἀγαθὸν ποιῆσαι), Luk.6:9;

(with) accusative of person(s), Luk.6:33, 35 (Cremer, 8).
† (AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.