Bible word study

Eirene (Strong’s G1515): Meaning in the Bible

Eirene (εἰρήνη) is the Greek word numbered G1515 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as peace (literally or figuratively); by implication, prosperity. In the King James Bible it is translated one, peace, quietness, rest, + set at one again..

• Original wordεἰρήνη
• Transliterationeirḗnē
• Pronunciationi-ray'-nay
• Strong’s numberG1515
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. probably from a primary verb (to join);

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Eirene appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Eirene (G1515) stands behind 92 English renderings in 86 verses across 26 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Luke (14), Romans (11), Acts (7).

How the King James Bible renders Eirene, by count

• peace88 of 92 (96 percent)
• of peace1 of 92 (1 percent)
• one1 of 92 (1 percent)
• quietness1 of 92 (1 percent)
• rest1 of 92 (1 percent)

Three places to read Eirene

• Matthew 10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
• Romans 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Philippians 4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

And Christ

The Greek carries the fuller Hebrew idea of wholeness. Christians believe Jesus makes this peace not by ignoring what is wrong but by bearing it, and so can give a peace the world cannot give.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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