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Strong's #1515 - εἰρήνη
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εἰρήν-η
(v. infr.), ἡ,
I peace, Od. 24.486, etc.; ἐπ' εἰρήνης in time of peace, Il. 2.797; ἔθηκε πᾶσιν εἰ. φίλοις A. Pers. 769; εἰ. τἀκεῖθεν τέκνοις on that side they have peace, have naught to fear, E. Med. 1004; εἰ. γίγνεται peace is made, Hdt. 1.74: hence later, a peace, treaty of peace, ἡ βασιλέως εἰ. IG 22.103.24, etc.; εἰ. ποιεῖν 'Αρμενίοις καὶ Χαλδαίοις make peace between.., X. Cyr. 3.2.12; εἰ. ποιεῖσθαι And. 3.8, Aeschin. 2.77; εἰ. κατεργάζεσθαι, πράττειν, And. 3.8, 17; διαπράξασθαι X. HG 6.3.4; εἰρήνης δεῖσθαι ib. 2.2.13; εἰρήνην δέχεσθαι to accept it, ib. 22; λαβεῖν And. 3.7; εἰ. ἄγειν keep peace, be at peace, Ar. Av. 386, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Pl. R. 465b; εἰ. ἄγειν (v.l. ἔχειν) enjoy peace, X. An. 2.6.6; λύειν break it, D. 18.71; πολλὴ εἰ. τινὸς γίγνεται profound peace, Pl. R. 329c; ἐν εἰρήνῃ λέγειν, τὸν βίον διάγειν, Id. Smp. 189b, R. 372d; πόλεμον εἰρήνης χάριν [αἱρεῖσθαι ] Arist. Pol. 1333a35; εἰρήνης ἄρξας, = εἰρηναρχήσας, IGRom. 3.784, cf. 452.
II the goddess of peace, daughter of Zeus and Themis, Hes. Th. 902, cf. Pi. O. 13.7, B. Fr. 3.1, IG 3.170, Plu. Cim. 13, etc.
III Pythag. name for three, Theol.Ar. 16; for six, ib.37. Hebraism in LXX, ἐρωτῆσαί τινα εἰς εἰρήνην greet a person, inquire after their health, Jd. 18.15, 1 Samuel 17:22; ἐρ. τινὰ τὰ εἰς εἰ. ib. 10.4; so ἐπερωτᾶν εἰς εἰ. τοῦ πολέμου 2 Samuel 11:7; in salutations, εἰ. σοι; 2 Kings 4:26, cf. Luke 24:36, al.; εἰ. ἡ εἴσοδός σου 1 Kings 2:13. (ϝειράνα IG 5(1).1509 (Sparta, iv B. C., dub.); ἰράνα ib.4.917 (Epid.), 12(3).29.12 (Telos); cf. Boeot. πολέμω καἰράνας ib.7.2407, but Cret. πολέμω χ[ἰ]ρήνας GDI 5018.5; εἰρήνα Pi.l.c., B.l.c., SIG 241.80 (Delph., iv B. C.), later εἰράνα IG 5(1).935.14 (ii B. C.).)
εἰρήνη , -ης , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H7965;]
peace;
1. of public peace, freedom from war: Luke 14:32, Acts 12:20; Acts 24:2; of the church, Acts 9:31.
2. Of peace between persons, concord, agreement: Matthew 10:34, Luke 12:51, Romans 14:17, 1 Corinthians 7:15, Galatians 5:22, James 3:18; ζητεῖν εἰ ., 1 Peter 3:11; διώκειν , 2 Timothy 2:22; ib. seq. μετὰ -πάντων , Hebrews 12:14; by meton., of him who brings peace, Ephesians 2:14.
3. As in LXX (= Heb. H7965, Aram. שְׁלָם ), of a state of security and safety: John 16:33, Romans 2:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:3; whence the formulæ, ὕπαγε (πορεύου ) εἰς εἰ ., Mark 5:34, Luke 7:50 (cf. 1 Samuel 1:17, al.; H7965 H1980); εἰ . ὑμῖν (H7965), John 20:19; John 20:21; John 20:26; ἀπολύειν ἐν εἰ , Luke 2:29, cf. 1 Corinthians 16:11; ἡ εἰ . ὑμῶν , Matthew 10:13 Luke 10:6; υἱὸς εἰρήνης , ib.
4. Of spiritual peace, the peace of Christ's kingdom (DCG, ii, 330 f.): Luke 1:79; Luke 2:14, John 16:3 Romans 2:10; Romans 5:1; Romans 8:6, al.; ὁ κύριος τῆς εἰ ., 2 Thessalonians 3:16; ὁ θεὸς τῆς εἰ , Romans 15:33; Romans 16:20, 2 Corinthians 13:11, al.; in epistolary salutations, Romans 1:7, 1 Corinthians 1:3, Galatians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 1 Peter 1:2, 2 John 1:3, Revelation 1:4, al. (v. Cremer, 244).
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P Strass I. 5.8 (A.D. 262) ἀνάξια [τ ]η ̣̑ς ὑπὸ σοῦ πᾶσιν ἡμῖν πρυτανευομένης ̣ εἰρή [ν ]ης ὁ πρεσβύτης παθών, P Goodsp Cairo 15.4 (A.D. 362) τὰ τετολμημένα εἰς ἐμὲ ἐν τοιαύτῃ πρ [υ ]τα [ν ]ευομένῃ εἰρήνῃ τοῦ δεσπότου [ἡ ]μῶν βασιλέως Φλαουίου Ἰουλιανοῦ αἰωνίου Ἀ [γο ]ύστου, ";the things perpetrated against me in the tranquillity enjoyed under our lord king Flavius Julianus, eternal Augustus"; (Ed.). P Oxy I. 64.2 (iii/iv A.D.) shows an order for arrest addressed ἐπιστάτῃ εἰρήνης κώμης Τήεως : cf. ib. XII. 1507.3 (iii/A.D.), ib. 1559.3 (A.D. 341) ἐπόπτῃ εἰρήνης Ὀξυρυγχίτου, and Preisigke 4636 (iii/A.D.) a list of police officials including εἰρηνοφύλακες. P Oxy I. 41.27 (iii/iv A.D.) εἰρήνη πόλεως (voc.), addressed to a strategus, is worth quoting in connexion with Ephesians 2:14. From Christian sources we may quote Ramsay C. and B. ii. p. 720 No. 655 (prob. iii/A.D.) εἰρήν [η ] πάσῃ τῇ ἀδελ [φότητ ]ι from the dedication of a κοιμητήριον, and the commendatory letter P Oxy VIII. 1162.9 (iv/A.D.) σ ̣υ ̣ν ̣δέξασθαι αὐτὸν ἐν ἰρήνῃ For Εἰρήνη as a proper name see P Petr III. 30.4, BGU I. 115.6 (A.D. 189), and the letter of consolation P Oxy I. 115.1 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 96).
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