Strong G1516εἰρηνικός
peaceful
- Transliteration
- eirēnikos
- Pronunciation
- i-ray-nee-kos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G1515; pacific; by implication salutary: - peaceable.
Detailed definition
είρηνικός, -ή, -όν
(εἰρήνη), [in LXX for שָׁלוֹם and cognates;]
peaceful: Heb.12:11, Jas.3:17.†
(AS)
(εἰρήνη), [in LXX for שָׁלוֹם and cognates;]
peaceful: Heb.12:11, Jas.3:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1516 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- peaceable2
First verses
- Hebrews 12:11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
- James 3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εἰρην-ικός, ή, όν,
of or for peace, λόγων -ώτατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.3; χρεία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1254b32)]; θυσίαι peace offerings, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.1Ki.11.15, +others; ἄγγελοι καὶ δαίμονες 2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.45.)]
2 of or in peace, peaceful, βίος, πρᾶξις, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 829a, “R.” 399b, etc.; ἐπιστῆμαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 1.17)]: superlative, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.634.)] adverb -κῶς peaceably, opposed to πολεμικῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.46, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ τοῦ καθ᾽ Ὅμηρον ἀγαθοῦ βασιλέως” p.45)] O., etc.: comparative -ώτερον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Fug.” 5.)]
3 peaceable, of persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.24.)]
of or for peace, λόγων -ώτατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.3; χρεία 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1254b32)]; θυσίαι peace offerings, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.1Ki.11.15, +others; ἄγγελοι καὶ δαίμονες 2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.45.)]
2 of or in peace, peaceful, βίος, πρᾶξις, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 829a, “R.” 399b, etc.; ἐπιστῆμαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 1.17)]: superlative, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.634.)] adverb -κῶς peaceably, opposed to πολεμικῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.46, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ τοῦ καθ᾽ Ὅμηρον ἀγαθοῦ βασιλέως” p.45)] O., etc.: comparative -ώτερον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Fug.” 5.)]
3 peaceable, of persons, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.24.)]