verb
eirēneuamō
Strong’sG1514
I am peaceful, keep the peace, am at peace
stem eirēneu-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
εἰρηνεύω
(< εἰρήνη), [in LXX chiefly for שׁלם, שׁקט;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1514 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidi-rane-yoo'-o
to be (act) peaceful
Fromfrom G1515;
King Jamesbe at (have, live in) peace, live peaceably.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| eirēneuavōrεἰρηνεύετε | happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural | at peace | 3× |
| eirēneuarōntoisεἰρηνεύοντες | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine | live peaceably | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eirēneuamō | eirēneuame | eirēneuami | eirēneuama | eirēneuamē | eirēneuamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | eirēneuasō | eirēneuase | eirēneuasi | eirēneuasa | eirēneuasē | eirēneuaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eirēneuatō | eirēneuate | eirēneuati | eirēneuata | eirēneuatē | eirēneuatelē |
| we 1st person plural | eirēneuanō | eirēneuane | eirēneuani | eirēneuana | eirēneuanē | eirēneuanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eirēneuavō | eirēneuave | eirēneuavi | eirēneuava | eirēneuavē | eirēneuavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | eirēneualō | eirēneuale | eirēneuali | eirēneuala | eirēneualē | eirēneualelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eirēneuameiō | eirēneuameia | eirēneuameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | eirēneuaseiō | eirēneuaseia | eirēneuaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eirēneuateiō | eirēneuateia | eirēneuateiē |
| we 1st person plural | eirēneuaneiō | eirēneuaneia | eirēneuaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eirēneuaveiō | eirēneuaveia | eirēneuaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | eirēneualeiō | eirēneualeia | eirēneualeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eirēneuasōr | eirēneuasar | eirēneuasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eirēneuatōr | eirēneuatar | eirēneuatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | eirēneuavōr3×εἰρηνεύετε | eirēneuavar | eirēneuavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | eirēneualōr | eirēneualar | eirēneualēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eirēneuamoiō | eirēneuamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | eirēneuasoiō | eirēneuasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eirēneuatoiō | eirēneuatoia |
| we 1st person plural | eirēneuanoiō | eirēneuanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eirēneuavoiō | eirēneuavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | eirēneualoiō | eirēneualoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eirēneuarō | eirēneuari | eirēneuara | eirēneuarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eirēneuarōntos1× | eirēneuarintos | eirēneuarantos | eirēneuarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
eirēneu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
eirēneuavōr“at peace”happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural3×
Mark 9:50… artuavi? echavōr en heautoi hala, kai eirēneuavōr en allēloi.… Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
2 Corinthians 13:11… chairavōr, katartizovōr, parakalovōr, tem autem fronavōr, eirēneuavōr, kai tos theos tau agapau kai …… one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and …
1 Thessalonians 5:13“at peace”… en agapa dia tem ergem autoiu. eirēneuavōr en heautoi.In love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in …
eirēneuarōntois“live peaceably”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×
Romans 12:18“live peaceably”… tem ek vu meta pantoiu anthrōpoiu eirēneuarōntois;… at peace with everyone.