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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..

εἰρήνη
eirḗnē · Greek
Strong’s G1515 · i-ray'-nay

The full Strong’s definition

peace (literally or figuratively); by implication, prosperity

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

How the King James Bible translates it

one, peace, quietness, rest, + set at one again.

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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