1518. eirénopoios
Strong's Lexicon
eirénopoios: Peacemaker

Original Word: εἰρηνοποιός
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: eirénopoios
Pronunciation: ay-ray-no-POY-os
Phonetic Spelling: (i-ray-nop-oy-os')
Definition: Peacemaker
Meaning: pacific, loving peace, a peace-maker.

Word Origin: From εἰρήνη (eiréné, meaning "peace") and ποιέω (poieó, meaning "to make" or "to do")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent concept can be found in the word שָׁלוֹם (shalom, Strong's Hebrew 7965), which encompasses peace, completeness, and welfare.

Usage: The term "eirénopoios" refers to someone who actively works to establish peace, harmony, and reconciliation among individuals or groups. In the New Testament, it is used to describe those who foster peace and are blessed for their efforts in creating unity and resolving conflicts.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, peace was often associated with the absence of war and conflict, as well as the presence of order and stability within society. The concept of a "peacemaker" would have been understood as someone who not only desired peace but also took tangible steps to achieve it. In Jewish culture, peace (shalom) was a comprehensive term encompassing well-being, wholeness, and harmony with God and others. Thus, a peacemaker was seen as someone who contributed to the holistic well-being of the community.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 1518 eirēnopoiós (from 1517 /eirēnopoiéō, "make peace") – properly, a peacemaker, bravely declares God's terms which makes someone whole (used only in Mt 5:9). See 1515 (eirēnē).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from eiréné and poieó
Definition
peacemaking, a peacemaker
NASB Translation
peacemakers (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1518: εἰρηνοποιός

εἰρηνοποιός, ἐιρηνοποιον, masculine a peace-maker (Xenophon, Hell. 6, 3, 4; Dio Cassius); pacific, loving peace: Matthew 5:9; (others (cf. A. V.) dispute this secondary meaning; see Meyer at the passage).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
peacemaker.

From eirenopoios and poieo; pacificatory, i.e. (subjectively) peaceable -- peacemaker.

see GREEK eirenopoios

see GREEK poieo

Forms and Transliterations
ειρηνοποιοι ειρηνοποιοί εἰρηνοποιοί eirenopoioi eirenopoioí eirēnopoioi eirēnopoioí
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 5:9 Adj-NMP
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ εἰρηνοποιοί ὅτι αὐτοὶ
NAS: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called
KJV: Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for
INT: Blessed the peacemakers for they

Strong's Greek 1518
1 Occurrence


εἰρηνοποιοί — 1 Occ.

















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