εἰρήνη, -ης, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for שָׁלוֹם ;] peace; 1. of public peace, freedom from war: Łk 14,32, Dz 12,20; 24,2; of the church, Dz 9,31. 2. Of peace between persons, concord, agreement : Mt 10,34, Łk 12,51, Rz 14,17, 1 Kor 7,15, Ga 5,22, Jk 3,18 ζητεῖν εἰ., 1 P 3,11 διώκειν, 2 Tm 2,22 ib. before μετὰ πάντων, Hbr 12,14 by meton., of him who brings peace, Ef 2,14 3. As in LXX (= Heb. שָׁלוֹם, Aram. שְׁלָם), of a state of security and safety: J 16,33, Rz 2,10, 1 Tes 5,3,́ whence the formulae, ὕπαγε (πορεύου) εἰς εἰ, Mk 5,34, Łk 7,50 (cf. 1 Sm 1,17, al.; לְכִי לְשָׁלוֹם); εἰ. ὑμῖν (שָׁלוֹם לָכֶם), J 20,19.21.26; ἀπολύειν ἐν εἰ., Łk 2,29, cf. 1 Kor 16,11 ἡ εἰ. ὑμῶν, Mt 10,13, Łk 10,6; υἱὸς εἰρήνης, ib. 4. Of spiritual peace, the peace of Christ's kingdom (DCG, ii, 330f.): Łk 1,79; 2,14 J 16,33, Rz 2,10; 5,1; 8,6, al.; ὁ κύριος τῆς εἰ., 2 Tes 3,16 ὁ θεὸς τῆς εἰ., Rz 15,33; 16,20, 2 Kor 13,11, al.; in epistolary salutations, Rz 1,7, 1 Kor 1,3, Ga 1,3, 1 Tes 1,1, 1 P 1,2, 2 J 3, Ap 1,4, al. (see Cremer, 244). (AS)