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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εἰρηνοποιόςG1518
Pronunciationeirēnopoiós
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 Itpeacemakers1×Matthew 5:9
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First aligned rowMatthew 5:9
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Matthew1
Source forms
εἰρηνοποιοί1xeirēnopoioiMatthew 5:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xMatthew 5:9
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Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who actively produces and establishes peace, not merely desires it passively
Source Gloss
peacemaker
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Word Origins
εἰρηνοποιός is built from these roots: