◄ 1515. eiréné ►
Strong's Lexicon eiréné: Peace Original Word: εἰρήνη Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eiréné Pronunciation: ay-RAY-nay Phonetic Spelling: (i-ray'-nay) Definition: peace, peace of mind; invocation of peace a common Jewish farewell, in the Hebraistic sense of the health (welfare) of an individual. Meaning: The Greek word εἰρήνη primarily denotes a state of peace, tranquility, or harmony. It can refer to both the absence of conflict and the presence of positive, harmonious relationships. In a broader sense, it encompasses the idea of well-being, prosperity, and security. Word Origin: Derived from the primary verb εἴρω (eirō), meaning "to join" or "tie together into a whole." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Greek εἰρήνη corresponds to several Hebrew words, most notably שָׁלוֹם (shalom, Strong's Hebrew 7965), which carries a similar range of meanings, including peace, completeness, welfare, and health. Shalom is a foundational concept in the Old Testament, reflecting God's desire for His people to live in harmony with Him, with one another, and with creation. Usage: In the New Testament, εἰρήνη is used to describe both external peace (such as peace between nations or individuals) and internal peace (such as the peace of mind and heart that comes from a relationship with God). It is often associated with the peace that Jesus Christ brings to believers, both in their personal lives and within the community of faith. Context: The concept of εἰρήνη is central to the message of the New Testament, reflecting the peace that God offers through Jesus Christ. This peace is not merely the absence of conflict but a profound sense of wholeness and well-being that comes from being reconciled with God. In the Gospels, Jesus is often referred to as the "Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6), and His mission is described as bringing peace to the earth (Luke 2:14). The Apostle Paul frequently uses εἰρήνη in his epistles to describe the peace that believers experience as a result of their justification by faith (Romans 5:1). He also speaks of the "peace of God, which surpasses all understanding" (Philippians 4:7), a peace that guards the hearts and minds of believers in Christ Jesus. In the early Christian community, εἰρήνη was a key element of the believers' shared life, as they were called to live in peace with one another (1 Thessalonians 5:13) and to let the peace of Christ rule in their hearts (Colossians 3:15). This peace was both a gift from God and a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22), reflecting the transformative power of the Gospel in the lives of individuals and communities. The New Testament also contrasts the peace of God with the false peace offered by the world, emphasizing that true peace is found only in Christ (John 14:27). This peace is both a present reality and a future hope, as believers look forward to the ultimate fulfillment of God's peace in the new creation (Revelation 21:4). HELPS Word-studies 1515 eirḗnē (from eirō, "to join, tie together into a whole") – properly, wholeness, i.e. when all essential parts are joined together; peace (God's gift of wholeness). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin of uncertain derivation, perhaps from eiró (to join): lit. or fig. peace, by impl. welfare NASB Translation peace (91), undisturbed* (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1515: εἰρήνη εἰρήνη, εἰρήνης, ἡ (apparently from εἴρω, to join; (others from εἴρω equivalent to λέγω; Etym. Magn. 803, 41; Vanicek, p. 892; Lob. Path. Proleg., p. 194; Benfey, Wurzellex. ii., p. 7)), the Sept. chiefly for שָׁלום; (from Homer down); peace, i. e. 1. a state of national tranquility; exemption from the rage and havoc of war: Revelation 6:4; πολλή εἰρήνη, Acts 24:2 (3); τά (WH text omits τά) πρός εἰρήνην, things that look toward peace, as an armistice, conditions for the restoration of peace Luke 14:32; αἰτεῖσθαι εἰρήνην, Acts 12:20; ἔχειν εἰρήνην, of the church free from persecutions, Acts 9:31. 2. peace between individuals, i. e. harmony, concord: Matthew 10:34; Luke 12:51; Acts 7:26; Romans 14:17; 1 Corinthians 7:15; Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 2:17; Ephesians 4:3; equivalent to the anthor of peace, Ephesians 2:14 (cf. Buttmann, 125 (109)); ἐν εἰρήνη, where harmony prevails, in a peaceful mind, James 3:18; ὁδός εἰρήνης, way leading to peace, a course of life promoting harmony, Romans 3:17 (from Isaiah 59:8); μετ' εἰρήνης, in a mild and friendly spirit, Hebrews 11:31; ποιεῖν εἰρήνην, to promote concord, James 3:18; to effect it, Ephesians 2:15; ζητεῖν, 1 Peter 3:11; διώκειν, 2 Timothy 2:22; with μετά πάντων added, Hebrews 12:14; τά τῆς εἰρήνης διώκειν, Romans 14:19 (cf. Buttmann, 95 (83); Winers Grammar, 109 (103f)). Specifically, good order, opposed to ἀκαταστασία, 1 Corinthians 14:33. 3. after the Hebrew שָׁלום, security, safety, prosperity, felicity, (because peace and harmony make and keep things safe and prosperous): Luke 19:42; Hebrews 7:2; εἰρήνη καί ἀσφάλεια, opposed to ὄλεθρος, 1 Thessalonians 5:3; ἐν εἰρήνη ἐστι τά ὑπάρχοντα, αὐτοῦ, his goods are secure from hostile attack, Luke 11:21; ὕπαγε εἰς εἰρήνην, Mark 5:34, and πορεύου εἰς εἰρήνην Luke 7:50; Luke 8:48, a formula of wishing well, blessing, addressed by the Hebrews to departing friends (לְשָׁלום לֵך 1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Samuel 20:42, etc.; properly, depart into a place or state of peace; (cf. Buttmann, 184 (160))); πορεύεσθαι ἐν εἰρήνη, Acts 16:36, and ὑπάγετε ἐν εἰρήνη, James 2:16, go in peace, i. e. may happiness attend you; ἀπολύειν τινα μετ' εἰρήνης, to dismiss one with good wishes, Acts 15:33; ἐν εἰρήνη, with my wish fulfilled, and therefore happy, Luke 2:29 (see ἀπολύω, 2 a.); προπέμπειν τινα ἐν εἰρήνη free from danger, safe, 1 Corinthians 16:11 (others take it of inward peace or of harmony; cf. Meyer at the passage). The Hebrews in invoking blessings on a man called out לְך שָׁלום (Judges 6:23; Daniel 10:19); from this is to be derived the explanation of those expressions which refer apparently to the Messianic blessings (see 4 below): εἰρήνη τῷ οἴκῳ τούτῳ, let peace, blessedness, come to this household, Luke 10:5; υἱός εἰρήνης, worthy of peace (cf. Winers Grammar, § 34, 3 N. 2; Buttmann, 161f (141)), Luke 10:6; ἐλθέτω ἡ εἰρήνη ἐπ' αὐτόν, let the peace which ye wish it come upon it, i. e. be its lot, Matthew 10:13; to the same purport ἐπαναπαήσεται ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν ἐπ' αὐτόν, Luke 10:6; ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν πρός ὑμᾶς ἐπιστραφήτω, let your peace return to you, because it could not rest upon it, i. e. let it be just as if ye had not uttered the wish, Matthew 10:13. 4. Specifically, the Messiah's peace: Luke 2:14; ὁδός εἰρήνης, the way that leads to peace (salvation), Luke 1:79; εἰρήνης ἐν οὐρανῷ, peace, salvation, is prepared for us in heaven, Luke 19:38; εὐαγγελίζεσθαι εἰρήνην, Acts 10:36. 5. according to a conception distinctly peculiar to Christianity, "the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and content with its earthly lot, of whatsoerer sort that is": Romans 8:6; ἐν εἰρήνη namely, ὄντες; is used of those who, assured of salvation, tranquilly await the return of Christ and the transformation of all things which will accompany that event, 2 Peter 3:14; (πληροῦν πάσης ... εἰρήνης ἐν τῷ πιστεύειν, Romans 15:13 (where L marginal reading ἐν πιστεύειν εἰρήνη)); ἔχειν ἐν Χριστῷ εἰρήνην (opposed to ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ θλῖψιν ἔχειν), John 16:33; ἔχειν εἰρήνην πρός τόν Θεόν, with God, Romans 5:1, (εἰρήνη πρός τινα, Plato, rep. 5, p. 465 b.; cf. Diodorus 21, 12; cf. Meyer on Romans, the passage cited; Winer's Grammar, 186 (175); 406 (379))); εὐαγγελίζεσθαι εἰρήνην, Romans 10:15 (R G Tr marginal reading in brackets); τό εὐαγγέλιον τῆς εἰρήνης, Ephesians 6:15; in the expression εἰρήνην ἀφίημι κτλ., John 14:27, in which Christ, with allusion to the usual Jewish formula at leave-taking (see 3 above), says that he not merely wishes, but gives peace; ἡ εἰρήνη τοῦ Χριστοῦ, which comes, from Christ, Colossians 3:15 (Rec. θεοῦ; τοῦ Θεοῦ, Philippians 4:7 (cf. Winers Grammar, 186 (175)). Comprehensively, of every kind of peace (blessing), yet with a predominance apparently of the notion of peace with God, εἰρήνη is used — in the salutations of Christ after his resurrection, εἰρήνη ὑμῖν (לָכֶם שָׁלום, Luke 24:36 (T omits; WH reject the clause); John 20:19, 21, 26; in the phrases ὁ κύριος τῆς εἰρήνης, the Lord who is the author and promoter of peace, 2 Thessalonians 3:16; ὁ Θεός τῆς εἰρήνης Romans 15:33; Romans 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:1; Philippians 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 13:20; in the salutations at the beginning and the close of the apostolic Epistles: Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:2; Galatians 1:3; Galatians 6:16; Ephesians 1:2; Ephesians 6:23; Philippians 1:2; Colossians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:2; 2 Thessalonians 3:16; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:4; (Philemon 1:3); 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Peter 5:14; 2 Peter 1:2; 2 John 1:3; 3 John 1:15 (14); (Jude 1:2); Revelation 1:4. Cf. Kling in Herzog iv., p. 596f under the words Friede mit Gott; Weiss, Biblical Theol. d. N. T. § 83 b.; (Otto in the Jahrbb. fur deutsch. Theol. for 1867, p. 678ff; cf. Winer's Grammar, 549 (511)). 6. of the blessed state of devout and upright men after death (Wis. 3:3): Romans 2:10. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance one, peace, quietness, rest. Probably from a primary verb eiro (to join); peace (literally or figuratively); by implication, prosperity -- one, peace, quietness, rest, + set at one again. Forms and Transliterations ειρη΄νην ειρηνη ειρήνη εἰρήνη εἰρήνῃ ειρηνην ειρήνην εἰρήνην ειρηνης ειρήνης εἰρήνης eirene eirēnē eirḗne eirḗnē eirḗnei eirḗnēi eirenen eirēnēn eirḗnen eirḗnēn eirenes eirēnēs eirḗnes eirḗnēs Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 10:13 N-NFS GRK: ἐλθάτω ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν ἐπ' NAS: give it your [blessing of] peace. But if KJV: worthy, let your peace come upon INT: let come the peace of you upon Matthew 10:13 N-NFS GRK: ἀξία ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν πρὸς NAS: take back your [blessing of] peace. KJV: worthy, let your peace return to INT: worthy the peace of you to Matthew 10:34 N-AFS GRK: ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην ἐπὶ τὴν NAS: to bring peace on the earth; KJV: I am come to send peace on earth: INT: I came to bring peace to the Matthew 10:34 N-AFS GRK: ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην ἀλλὰ μάχαιραν NAS: to bring peace, but a sword. KJV: not to send peace, but a sword. INT: I came to bring peace but a sword Mark 5:34 N-AFS GRK: ὕπαγε εἰς εἰρήνην καὶ ἴσθι NAS: go in peace and be healed KJV: go in peace, and be INT: go in peace and be Luke 1:79 N-GFS GRK: εἰς ὁδὸν εἰρήνης NAS: our feet into the way of peace. KJV: into the way of peace. INT: into [the] way of peace Luke 2:14 N-NFS GRK: ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις NAS: And on earth peace among KJV: on earth peace, good will toward INT: on earth peace among men Luke 2:29 N-DFS GRK: σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ NAS: to depart in peace, According KJV: depart in peace, according to thy INT: of you in peace Luke 7:50 N-AFS GRK: πορεύου εἰς εἰρήνην NAS: has saved you; go in peace. KJV: go in peace. INT: go in peace Luke 8:48 N-AFS GRK: πορεύου εἰς εἰρήνην NAS: has made you well; go in peace. KJV: go in peace. INT: go in peace Luke 10:5 N-NFS GRK: πρῶτον λέγετε Εἰρήνη τῷ οἴκῳ NAS: first say, 'Peace [be] to this house.' KJV: first say, Peace [be] to this house. INT: first say Peace to the house Luke 10:6 N-GFS GRK: ᾖ υἱὸς εἰρήνης ἐπαναπαήσεται ἐπ' NAS: a man of peace is there, KJV: if the son of peace be there, INT: be a son of peace will rest upon Luke 10:6 N-NFS GRK: αὐτὸν ἡ εἰρήνη ὑμῶν εἰ NAS: is there, your peace will rest KJV: there, your peace shall rest upon INT: it the peace of you if Luke 11:21 N-DFS GRK: αὐλήν ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἐστὶν τὰ KJV: are in peace: INT: house in peace are the Luke 12:51 N-AFS GRK: δοκεῖτε ὅτι εἰρήνην παρεγενόμην δοῦναι NAS: to grant peace on earth? KJV: I am come to give peace on earth? INT: Think you that peace I came to give Luke 14:32 N-AFS GRK: τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην NAS: and asks for terms of peace. KJV: and desireth conditions of peace. INT: for peace Luke 19:38 N-NFS GRK: ἐν οὐρανῷ εἰρήνη καὶ δόξα NAS: OF THE LORD; Peace in heaven KJV: the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, INT: In heaven peace and glory Luke 19:42 N-AFS GRK: τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην νῦν δὲ NAS: even you, the things which make for peace! But now KJV: [which belong] unto thy peace! but now INT: the things for peace now moreover Luke 24:36 N-NFS GRK: λέγει αὐτοῖς Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν NAS: and said to them, Peace be to you. KJV: saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you. INT: says to them Peace to you John 14:27 N-AFS GRK: Εἰρήνην ἀφίημι ὑμῖν NAS: Peace I leave with you; My peace KJV: Peace I leave with you, INT: Peace I leave with you John 14:27 N-AFS GRK: ἀφίημι ὑμῖν εἰρήνην τὴν ἐμὴν NAS: I leave with you; My peace I give KJV: with you, my peace I give unto you: INT: I leave with you peace my John 16:33 N-AFS GRK: ἐν ἐμοὶ εἰρήνην ἔχητε ἐν NAS: that in Me you may have peace. In the world KJV: me ye might have peace. In the world INT: in me peace you might have In John 20:19 N-NFS GRK: λέγει αὐτοῖς Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν NAS: and said to them, Peace [be] with you. KJV: saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you. INT: says to them Peace to you John 20:21 N-NFS GRK: Ἰησοῦς πάλιν Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν καθὼς NAS: to them again, Peace [be] with you; as the Father KJV: to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as INT: Jesus again Peace to you as John 20:26 N-NFS GRK: καὶ εἶπεν Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν NAS: and said, Peace [be] with you. KJV: and said, Peace [be] unto you. INT: and said Peace to you Strong's Greek 1515 92 Occurrences εἰρήνη — 48 Occ. εἰρήνην — 25 Occ. εἰρήνης — 19 Occ.