εἰρήνη

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peace

εἰρήνη , -ης, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלוֹם ;] peace ; __1. of public peace, freedom from war : Luk.14:32 , Act.12:20 24:2 ; of the church, Ac 9:31 . __2. Of peace between persons, concord, agreement : Mat.10:34 , Luk.12:51 , Rom.14:17 , 1Co.7:15 , Gal.5:22 , Jas.3:18; ζητεῖν εἰ., 1Pe.3:11; διώκειν, 2Ti.2:22; ib. before μετὰ πάντων, Heb.12:14; by meton., of him who brings peace, Eph.2:14. __3. As in LXX (= Heb. שָׁלוֹם, Aram. שְׁלָם), of a state of security and safety: Jhn.16:33 , Rom.2:10 , 1Th.5:3 ,́ whence the formulae, ὕπαγε (πορεύου) εἰς εἰ, Mrk.5:34 , Luk.7:50 (cf. 1Ki.1:17 , al.; לְכִי לְשָׁלוֹם); εἰ. ὑμῖν (שָׁלוֹם לָכֶם), Jhn.20:19, 21, 26 ; ἀπολύειν ἐν εἰ., Luk.2:29 , cf. 1Co.16:11; ἡ εἰ. ὑμῶν, Mat.10:13 , Luk.10:6 ; υἱὸς εἰρήνης, ib. __4. Of spiritual peace, the peace of Christ's kingdom ( DCG , ii, 330f.): Luk.1:79 2:14 Jhn.16:33 , Rom.2:10 5:1 8:6 , al.; ὁ κύριος τῆς εἰ., 2Th.3:16; ὁ θεὸς τῆς εἰ., Rom.15:33 16:20 , 2Co.13:11 , al.; in epistolary salutations, Rom.1:7 , 1Co.1:3 , Gal.1:3 , 1Th.1:1 , 1Pe.1:2 , 2Jo.3 , Rev.1:4 , al. (see Cremer, 244). (AS)