What does εἰρηνικός (eirēnikós) mean in the Bible?
εἰρηνικός (eirēnikós): Peaceful demeanor or outcome that produces salutary effects; promotes harmony and well-being.
Greek · G1516
εἰρηνικός
Pacific; by implication, salutary
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εἰρηνικός G1516
Pronunciation eirēnikós
What does εἰρηνικός (eirēnikós) mean in the Bible?
εἰρηνικός (eirēnikós): Peaceful demeanor or outcome that produces salutary effects; promotes harmony and well-being.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1516?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] peace (1), peace-loving (1).
Where does εἰρηνικός (eirēnikós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 12:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), James (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [and] peace 1× Hebrews 12:11
peace-loving 1× James 3:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 12:11
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Hebrews 1 James 1
Source forms
εἰρηνική 1x eirēnikē James 3:17
εἰρηνικὸν 1x eirēnikon Hebrews 12:11
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 12:11
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x James 3:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Peaceful demeanor or outcome that produces salutary effects; promotes harmony and well-being.
Strong's G1516
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link James 3:13–18 Source Gloss
pacific; by implication, salutary
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 12:11 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
εἰρηνικὸν eirhnikon
peaceable, disposed to peace
Read verse James 3:17 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
εἰρηνική, eirhnikh
peaceable, disposed to peace
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Jas 3:17 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Heb 12:11 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Witnesses
peaceable
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Word Origins
εἰρηνικός is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain