Lexical Definition

‎ποιητής‎ poiētḗs (poy-ay-tace') doer ^G:N-M
from ‎ποιέω‎

--doer, poet.

• a performer
• specially, a "poet"

Abbott-Smith

** ποιητής, -οῦ, ὁ (< ποιέω), [in LXX: I Mac 2:67*;]
1. in cl., a maker, author.
2. Esp., a poet: Ac 17:28.
3. Later, a doer: τ. νόμου, Ro 2:13, Ja 4:11 (I Mac 2:67); ἔργου, Ja 1:25; λόγου, Ja 1:22, 23.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ποιητής-ητής, οῦ, ὁ,

maker, μηχανημάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζῴων, of the painter, [Refs]; inventor, θεῶν [Refs]lawgiver, [Refs]

__2 workman, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II composer of a poem, author, π. κωμῳδίας [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, poet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Homer was called ὁ π., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so also Hesiod, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b composer of music, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 author of a speech, opposed to deliverer of it, π. λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+]