εἰρηνικός
eirēnikos · peaceful
Greek word · Strong’s number G1516 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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eirēnikos (εἰρηνικός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “peaceful”.
Peaceable: bringing or living in peace.
How to say it
ei·rē·ni·kos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Bringing calm and good harmony with others.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- peaceable ×1
- peaceful ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Hebrews 12:11
Now no discipline for the present seems to be a cause of joy, but of grief; but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
- James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, considerate, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without making distinctions, without hypocrisy.