"pertaining to peace; peaceable, disposed to peace, Jas. 3:17; from the Hebrew, profitable, blissful, Heb. 12:11*"
Definition and meaning
pertaining to peace; peaceable, disposed to peace, Jas. 3:17; from the Hebrew, profitable, blissful, Heb. 12:11*
In the original Greek the word is written: εἰρηνικός
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of eirenikos (G1516) across the King James Bible.
Now 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.
But 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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Common questions
Strong's G1516 (eirenikos) is a Greek word that means: pertaining to peace; peaceable, disposed to peace, Jas. 3:17; from the Hebrew, profitable, blissful, Heb. 12:11* It appears 2 times in the King James Bible.
The word eirenikos (G1516) appears 2 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1516 is eirenikos, a Greek word defined as: pertaining to peace; peaceable, disposed to peace, Jas. 3:17; from the Hebrew, profitable, blissful, Heb. 12:11*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
eirenikos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.