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G1514 εἰρηνεύω (eirēneúō)
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Quick Definition

εἰρηνεύω v. I am peaceful, keep the peace, am at peace

Strong's Definition

from 1515; to be (act) peaceful

KJV Usage: be at (have, live in) peace, live peaceably

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | εἰρήνη · εἰρηνικός · εἰρηνοποιέω · εἰρηνοποιός

88.102 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Peaceful Behavior

to behave peacefully, to live in peace to live in peace with others In some languages the equivalent of ‘live in peace’ is a negation of fighting, for example, ‘do not fight’ or ‘do not constantly quarrel.’

MRK 9:50 · ROM 12:18 · 2CO 13:11 · 1TH 5:13

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

εἰρηνεύω ; (εἰρήνη) ; 1. to make peace: 1 Mace. vi. 60; Dio Cass. 77, 12, ete. 2. to cultivate or keep peace, i. 6. harmony ; ἰ0 be at peace, live in peace: 2 Co. xiii. 11; ἐν ἀλλήλοις, Mk. ix. 50; ἐν ἑαυτοῖς [T Tr αὐτοῖς), 1 Th. y. 133; μετά twos, Ro. xii. 18; (Plat. Theaet. p. 180 b.; Dio Cass. 42, 15, ete.; Sept.).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

εἰρηνεύω eirēneuō 4x

to be at peace; to cultivate peace, concord, or harmony, Mt. 9:50; Rom. 12:18; 2 Cor. 13:11; 1 Thess. 5:13*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

εἰρηνεύω

(< εἰρήνη), [in LXX chiefly for שׁלם, שׁקט ;]

to bring to peace, reconcile (so I Mac 6:60).

to keep peace, be at peace: Mk 9:50, Ro 12:18, II Co 13:11, I Th 5:13 (cf. Si 28:9; Cremer, 246).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

εἰρηνεύω. For εἰρηνεύω = ‘be at peace,” as in all its occurrences in the NT, cf. the inscr. from Halicarnassus, Brzt. Mus. Inscrr. 8948 (time of Augustus) eipnveto[vo]. μὲν yap γῆ Kal θάλαττα, a vivid picture of the Pax Romana, and OG/S 6134 (A.D. 392) καὶ τοὺς διοδεύοντας καὶ Td ἔθνος διὰ παντὸς εἰρηνεύεσθαι ἠσφαλίσατο.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

εἰρηνεύω (eirēneuō) — be at peace. εἰρην-εύω, bring to peace, reconcile, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. intransitive, keep peace, live peaceably, [NT+5th c.BC+]:—middle, πρὸς τοὺς κρείττους εἰρηνεύεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χώρα -ομένη ἐκ παλαιοῦ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

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