εἰρηνοποιέω
eirēnopoiéō · G1517 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to make peace, to make things right
To cause a state of peace or reconciliation between persons
ExamplesColossians 1:20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- διάthrough+ αἷμαblood 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- διαλλάσσω diallássō · G1259 · to be reconciled, to make peace with
- Greek verb meaning to reconcile or restore harmonious relations between parties. Semantically overlaps with εἰρηνοποιέω in the sense of bringing parties into peaceful relationship, though διαλλάσσω emphasizes mutual change/reconciliation while εἰρηνοποιέω emphasizes the act of peacemaking itself.
- καταλλάσσω katallássō · G2644 · to reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation
- Greek verb meaning to reconcile, restore to favor or harmony. Closely related in meaning to εἰρηνοποιέω but with stronger emphasis on the relational restoration aspect (used especially of God reconciling humans to himself). Both involve bringing parties into peaceful relations.
Contrasting words 1 word
- πολεμέω poleméō · G4170 · to wage war, war, fighting
- Greek verb meaning to wage war or fight. Direct lexical opposite of making peace: where εἰρηνοποιέω establishes peace and harmony, πολεμέω engages in warfare and conflict.
In the other Testament 1 word
- שָׁלַם shâlam · H7999 · to be finished, to finish
- Hebrew verb meaning to make peace, complete, or restore harmony; used in contexts of establishing peaceful relations (e.g., Josh 10:1, 4). Direct translation equivalent for the Greek peacemaking activity.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To make peace, to make things right40.4
- In Colossians 1:20, God reconciles all things to Himself through Christ, having made peace through the blood of His cross, this verb naming the active establishment of reconciliation where hostility previously existed.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐιρηνοποιῶ (1 aorist ἐιρηνοποιησἀ'; (εἰρηνοποιός); to make peace, establish harmony: Col…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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