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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1514 - εἰρηνεύω

Transliteration

eirēneúō

Phonetics

i-rane-yoo'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G1515)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

2:417,207

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to make peace
to cultivate or keep peace, harmony
to be at peace, live in peace

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 7954 ‑ שְׁלֵה (shel‑aw'); 7961 ‑ שְׁלֵוָה (shaw‑lave', shaw‑lave', shel‑ay‑vaw'); 7999 ‑ שָׁלֵם (shaw‑lam'); 8252 ‑ שָׁקַט (shaw‑kat');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (4)

Mark 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

NAS (6)

Mark 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

HCS (4)

Mark 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

BSB (4)

Mark 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

ESV (4)

Mark 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

WEB (4)

Mark 1

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 1

1 Thessalonians 1

KJV (4)

peace 3

peaceably 1

NAS (6)

Live 1

live 1

peace 4

HCS (4)

be at peace 1

Be at peace 1

be at peace 1

live at peace 1

BSB (4)

Live in peace 1

be at peace 1

live at peace 1

live in peace 1

ESV (4)

live peaceably 1

peace 3

WEB (4)

Be at peace 1

be at peace 2

live in peace 1

RAH

V-AAI1S 1

V-AAI3S 4

V-FAI3P 1

V-FAI3S 1

V-PAN 1

V-PAPASM 1

V-PAPNSM 1

ANT

V-PAM-2P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

BEZ

V-PAM-2P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

BGB

V-PMA-2P 3

V-PPA-NMP 1

BMT

V-PAM-2P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

BYZ

V-PAM-2P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

ELZ

V-PAM-2P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

NA26

V-PAD-2P 3

V-PAPNPM 1

SBL

V-2PADP 3

V-PAPNPM 1

SCV

V-PAM-2P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

STV

V-PAM-2P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

TIS

V-PAM-2P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAM-2P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

V-PAM-2P 3

V-PAP-NPM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

εἰρην-εύω,

I bring to peace, reconcile, D.C. 77.12, gloss on Babr. 39.4.

II intr., keep peace, live peaceably, Pl. Tht. 180b; πρός τινα D.S. 21.16; μετὰ πάντων Romans 12:18 : — Med., πρὸς τοὺς κρείττους εἰρηνεύεσθαι Arist. Rh. 1359b39, cf. OGI 199.1 (Adule); χώρα -ομένη ἐκ παλαιοῦ Plb. 5.8.7.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

εἰρηνεύω; (εἰρήνη);

1. to make peace: 1 Macc. 6:60; Dio Cassius, 77 12, etc.

2. to cultivate or keep peace, i. e. harmony; to be at peace, live in peace: 2 Corinthians 13:11; ἐν ἀλλήλοις, Mark 9:50; ἐν ἑαυτοῖς (T Tr αὐτοῖς), 1 Thessalonians 5:13; μετά τίνος, Romans 12:18; (Plato, Theact., p. 180 b. Dio Cassius, 42, 15, etc.; the Sept.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

εἰρηνεύω

(< εἰρήνη ),

[in LXX chiefly for H7999, H8252;]

1. to bring to peace, reconcile (so 1 Maccabees 6:60).

2. to keep peace, be at peace. Mark 9:50, Romans 12:18, 2 Corinthians 13:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:13 (cf. Sirach 28:9; Cremer, 246).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For εἰρηνεύω = ";be at peace,"; as in all its occurrences in the NT, cf. the inscr. from Halicarnassus, Brit. Mus. Inscrr. 8948 (time of Augustus) εἰρηνεύο [υσ ]ι μὲν γὰρ γῆ καὶ θάλαττα, a vivid picture of the Pax Romana, and OGIS 613.4 (A.D. 392) καὶ τοὺς διοδεύοντας καὶ τὸ ἔθνος διὰ παντὸς εἰρηνεύεσθαι ἠσφαλίσατο.

List of Word Forms

ειρηνεύειν ειρηνευετε ειρηνεύετε εἰρηνεύετε ειρηνεύοντα ειρηνευοντες ειρηνεύοντες εἰρηνεύοντες ειρήνευσα ειρήνευσε ειρηνεύσει ειρήνευσεν ειρηνεύσουσί eireneuete eireneúete eirēneuete eirēneúete eireneuontes eireneúontes eirēneuontes eirēneúontes