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
Meaning:peace, peace of mind; invocation of peace a common Jewish farewell, in the Hebraistic sense of the health (welfare) of an individual.
Word Origin:Derived from the primary verb εἴρω (eirō), meaning "to join" or "to tie together into a whole."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -7965. שָׁלוֹם (shalom): Often translated as peace, completeness, welfare, or safety.
-7999. שָׁלֵם (shalem): To be complete or sound.
Usage:In the New Testament, "eiréné" primarily denotes a state of tranquility, harmony, and well-being. It is used to describe both the absence of conflict and the presence of positive blessings, such as safety, prosperity, and spiritual peace. The term is often associated with the peace that comes from a right relationship with God through Jesus Christ, as well as the peace that believers are called to maintain with one another.
Cultural and Historical Background:In the Greco-Roman world, "eiréné" was commonly understood as the absence of war and conflict, a concept highly valued in a time of frequent military campaigns. However, the biblical concept of peace extends beyond mere absence of strife to encompass a holistic sense of well-being and fulfillment. In the Hebrew tradition, this aligns with the concept of "shalom," which includes completeness, soundness, and welfare. The New Testament writers, influenced by this rich Hebrew understanding, present "eiréné" as a divine gift, often linked to the work of Christ and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
HELPS Word-studies
1515eirḗnē (fromeirō, "tojoin, tie together intoa whole") – properly,wholeness, i.e. when all essential parts are joined together;peace (God's gift ofwholeness).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originof uncertain derivation, perhaps from eiró (to join): lit. or fig. peace, by impl. welfare
NASB Translationpeace (91), undisturbed* (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1515: εἰρήνηεἰρήνη,
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;πολλήεἰρήνη,Acts 24:2 (3);τά (WH text omitsτά)πρόςεἰρήνην, things that look toward peace, as an armistice, conditions for the restoration of peaceLuke 14:32;αἰτεῖσθαιεἰρήνην,Acts 12:20;ἔχεινεἰρήνην, 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));ἐνεἰρήνη, where harmony prevails, in a peaceful mind,James 3:18;ὁδόςεἰρήνης, way leading to peace, a course of life promoting harmony,Romans 3:17 (fromIsaiah 59:8);μετ'εἰρήνης, in a mild and friendly spirit,Hebrews 11:31;ποιεῖνεἰρήνην, to promote concord,James 3:18; to effect it,Ephesians 2:15;ζητεῖν,1 Peter 3:11;διώκειν,2 Timothy 2:22; withμετάπάντων added,Hebrews 12:14;τάτῆςεἰρήνηςδιώκειν,Romans 14:19 (cf.Buttmann, 95 (83);Winers Grammar, 109 (103f)). Specifically,good order, opposed toἀκαταστασία,1 Corinthians 14:33.
3. after the Hebrewשָׁלום,security, safety, prosperity, felicity, (because peace and harmony make and keep things safe and prosperous):Luke 19:42;Hebrews 7:2;εἰρήνηκαίἀσφάλεια, opposed toὄλεθρος,1 Thessalonians 5:3;ἐνεἰρήνηἐστιτάὑπάρχοντα,αὐτοῦ, his goods are secure from hostile attack,Luke 11:21;ὕπαγεεἰςεἰρήνην,Mark 5:34, andπορεύουεἰςεἰρήνηνLuke 7:50;Luke 8:48, a formula of wishing well, blessing, addressed by the Hebrews to departing friends (לְשָׁלוםלֵך1 Samuel 1:17;1 Samuel 20:42, etc.; properly,depart into a place or state of peace; (cf.Buttmann, 184 (160)));πορεύεσθαιἐνεἰρήνη,Acts 16:36, andὑπάγετεἐνεἰρήνη,James 2:16,go in peace, i. e.may happiness attend you;ἀπολύειντιναμετ'εἰρήνης, to dismiss one with good wishes,Acts 15:33;ἐνεἰρήνη, with my wish fulfilled, and therefore happy,Luke 2:29 (seeἀπολύω, 2 a.);προπέμπειντιναἐνεἰρήνη 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 outלְךשָׁלום (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):εἰρήνητῷοἴκῳτούτῳ, let peace, blessedness, come to this household,Luke 10:5;υἱόςεἰρήνης, worthy of peace (cf.Winers Grammar, § 34, 3 N. 2;Buttmann, 161f (141)),Luke 10:6;ἐλθέτωἡεἰρήνηἐπ'αὐτόν, let the peace which ye wish it come upon it, i. e. be its lot,Matthew 10:13; to the same purportἐπαναπαήσεταιἡεἰρήνηὑμῶνἐπ'αὐτόν,Luke 10:6;ἡεἰρήνηὑμῶνπρόςὑμᾶςἐπιστραφήτω, 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;ὁδόςεἰρήνης, the way that leads to peace (salvation),Luke 1:79;εἰρήνηςἐνοὐρανῷ, peace, salvation, is prepared for us in heaven,Luke 19:38;εὐαγγελίζεσθαιεἰρήνην,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;ἐνεἰρήνη 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; (πληροῦνπάσης ...εἰρήνηςἐντῷπιστεύειν,Romans 15:13 (whereL marginal readingἐνπιστεύεινεἰρήνη));ἔχεινἐνΧριστῷεἰρήνην (opposed toἐντῷκόσμῳθλῖψινἔχειν),John 16:33;ἔχεινεἰρήνηνπρόςτόνΘεόν, with God,Romans 5:1, (εἰρήνηπρόςτινα,Plato, rep. 5, p. 465 b.; cf.Diodorus 21, 12; cf. Meyer on Romans, the passage cited;Winer's Grammar, 186 (175); 406 (379)));εὐαγγελίζεσθαιεἰρήνην,Romans 10:15 (RGTr marginal reading in brackets);τόεὐαγγέλιοντῆςεἰρήνης,Ephesians 6:15; in the expressionεἰρήνηνἀφίημικτλ.,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;ἡεἰρήνητοῦΧριστοῦ, which comes, from Christ,Colossians 3:15 (Rec.θεοῦ;τοῦΘεοῦ,Philippians 4:7 (cf.Winers Grammar, 186 (175)). Comprehensively, of every kind of peace (blessing), yet with a predominance apparently of the notion ofpeace with God,εἰρήνη is used — in the salutations of Christ after his resurrection,εἰρήνηὑμῖν (לָכֶםשָׁלום,Luke 24:36 (T omits;WH reject the clause);John 20:19, 21, 26; in the phrasesὁκύριοςτῆςεἰρήνης, the Lord who is the author and promoter of peace,2 Thessalonians 3:16;ὁΘεόςτῆςεἰρήνηςRomans 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 inHerzog 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. ofthe blessed state of devout and upright menafter 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 eirḗnēsLinks
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