ποί-ημα, ατος, τό, ( ποιέω )
anything made or done: hence, I work, π. χρύσεα, χάλκεα καὶ σιδήρεα, Hdt. 4.5, 7.84, cf. 2.135; Γλαύκου τοῦ Χίου π. Id. 1.25; of the works of Daedalus, Pl. Men. 97e; π. ἐραστοῦ a lover’s invention, Id. R. 474e; product, of land formed by silting-up of rivers, Arr. An. 5.6.4 (pl.).
2. poem, Cratin. 186, Pl. Phd. 60d, Ly. 221d; τὰ μετὰ μέτρου π. Isoc. 2.7, 15.45; π. εἰς τὰς Μούσας IG 7.1773.17 (Thespiae, ii A. D. ): pl., of single verses, = ἔπη, D.H. 1.41, Comp. 3 . poetical, esp. metrical, form, περὶ ποιήματος, title of work by Hephaestio.
3. fiction, Arr. An. 5.6.5 (pl.).
4. onomatopoeic word, Hsch. s.v. μάματα.
II deed, act, opp. πάθημα, Pl. R. 437b (pl.), Sph. 248b; π. πονηρά LXX [2Es 9:13] . (Written ποιϝήματα (in signf. 1.1 ) in Mnemos. 57.208 (Argos, vi B.C. ).)
G4161 — ποίημα
ποιήματος, τό (ποιέω), that which has been made; a work: of the works of God as creator, [Rom 1:20]; those κτισθέντες by God ἐπί ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς are spoken of as ποίημα τοῦ Θεοῦ (A. V. his workmanship), [Eph 2:10]. (Herodotus, Plato, others; the Sept. chiefly for מַעֲשֶׂה.)