What does εἰρηνοποιός (eirēnopoiós) mean in the Bible?
εἰρηνοποιός (eirēnopoiós): One who actively produces and establishes peace, not merely desires it passively
Greek · G1518
εἰρηνοποιός
Peacemaker
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εἰρηνοποιός G1518
Pronunciation eirēnopoiós
What does εἰρηνοποιός (eirēnopoiós) mean in the Bible?
εἰρηνοποιός (eirēnopoiós): One who actively produces and establishes peace, not merely desires it passively
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How does the BSB render G1518?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include peacemakers (1).
Where does εἰρηνοποιός (eirēnopoiós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1).
Are there verse guides for εἰρηνοποιός (eirēnopoiós)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
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 peacemakers 1× Matthew 5:9
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First aligned row Matthew 5:9
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Matthew 1
Source forms
εἰρηνοποιοί 1x eirēnopoioi Matthew 5:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 5:9
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who actively produces and establishes peace, not merely desires it passively
Source Gloss
peacemaker
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
One who actively produces and establishes peace, not merely desires it passively
peace-making, a peacemaker: Mat.5:9
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
eirhnopoioi
pacific, loving peace, a peace-maker
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Nominative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Word Origins
εἰρηνοποιός is built from these roots:
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