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εἰρήνη
eirḗnē · Greek · Strong's G1515 · 91 occurrences
The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “rest”
What it means
peace (literally or figuratively); by implication, prosperity
probably from a primary verb (to join);
How the KJV renders it
one, peace, quietness, rest
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“rest”
also renders kataskēnóō (G2681), sabbatismós (G4520), epíloipos (G1954), ánesis (G425), hēsycházō (G2270), katapaúō (G2664), katápausis (G2663), loipoí (G3062), anápausis (G372), dᵉmîy (H1824), dâmam (H1826), châdal (H2308), chûwl (H2342), chârash (H2790), mânôwach (H4494), mᵉnûwchâh (H4496), margôwaʻ (H4771), pûwgâh (H6314), shᵉʼâr (H7606), shᵉʼêrîyth (H7611), shabbâthôwn (H7677), shâkan (H7931), shâlôwm (H7965), sârîyd (H8300)
“one”
also renders tìs (G5100), állos (G243), hékastos (G1538), héteros (G2087), heîs (G1520), ʼechâd (H259), ʼîysh (H376), ʼalmônîy (H492), ʼishshâh (H802), gibbôwr (H1368), gam (H1571), chad (H2297), chad (H2298), yâpheh (H3303), nephesh (H5315), pᵉthîy (H6612), rab (H7227), rûwm (H7311), rak (H7390), raʻ (H7451)
“quietness”
also renders hēsychía (G2271)
Questions this word decides
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
- What does 1 Timothy 2:12 mean about women teaching?
- Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
- Does the Bible teach predestination?
Where it appears
91 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:3 N-NSF1 Corinthians 7:15 N-DSF1 Corinthians 14:33 N-GSF1 Corinthians 16:11 N-DSF1 Peter 1:2 N-NSF1 Peter 3:11 N-ASF1 Peter 5:14 N-NSF1 Thessalonians 1:1 N-NSF1 Thessalonians 5:3 N-NSF1 Thessalonians 5:23 N-GSF1 Timothy 1:2 N-NSF2 Corinthians 1:2 N-NSF2 Corinthians 13:11 N-GSF2 John 1:3 N-NSF2 Peter 1:2 N-NSF2 Peter 3:14 N-DSF2 Thessalonians 1:2 N-NSF2 Thessalonians 3:16 N-ASF2 Timothy 1:2 N-NSF2 Timothy 2:22 N-ASF3 John 1:15 N-NSFActs 7:26 N-ASFActs 9:31 N-ASFActs 10:36 N-ASFActs 12:20 N-ASFActs 15:33 N-GSFActs 16:36 N-DSFActs 24:3 N-GSFColossians 1:2 N-NSFColossians 3:15 N-NSFEphesians 1:2 N-NSFEphesians 2:14 N-NSFEphesians 2:15 N-ASFEphesians 2:17 N-ASFEphesians 4:3 N-GSFEphesians 6:15 N-GSFEphesians 6:23 N-NSFGalatians 1:3 N-NSFGalatians 5:22 N-NSFGalatians 6:16 N-NSFHebrews 7:2 N-GSFHebrews 11:31 N-GSFHebrews 12:14 N-ASFHebrews 13:20 N-GSFJames 2:16 N-DSFJames 3:18 N-ASFJohn 14:27 N-ASFJohn 16:33 N-ASFJohn 20:19 N-NSFJohn 20:21 N-NSFJohn 20:26 N-NSFJude 1:2 N-NSFLuke 1:79 N-GSFLuke 2:14 N-NSFLuke 2:29 N-DSFLuke 7:50 N-ASFLuke 8:48 N-ASFLuke 10:5 N-NSFLuke 10:6 N-GSFLuke 11:21 N-DSF
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.