εἰρην-ικός G1516
peaceful, peaceable, promoting peace
This adjective describes what is characterized by peace or promotes peaceful relations. Hebrews 12:11 uses it of the 'peaceable fruit of righteousness' that discipline eventually produces, while James 3:17 lists it among the qualities of wisdom from above. The word emphasizes peaceful character and peacemaking disposition rather than mere absence of conflict. It describes both states and persons oriented toward shalom.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Characterizing what produces or embodies peace, this sense appears in descriptions of righteousness and wisdom. Hebrews 12:11 speaks of discipline's eventual peaceful fruit, while James 3:17 makes peaceableness a hallmark of divine wisdom. The German 'friedlich' and French 'paisible' capture the quality of being peaceable in character and effect, not merely experiencing peace but actively promoting it. 2×
AR["سَلَامِيَّةً", "مُسالِمَةٌ"]·ben["শান্তিপ্রিয়", "শান্তির"]·DE["friedlich"]·EN["peaceable", "peaceful"]·FR["paisible"]·heb["שָׁלוֹם"]·HI["मेल-करानेवाली", "शांतिदायक"]·ID["damai,"]·IT["eirēnikon", "eirēnikē"]·jav["tentrem", "tentrem,"]·KO["평화로운", "화평하고,"]·PT["pacífica", "pacífico"]·RU["мирный", "миролюбива,"]·ES["pacífica", "pacífico"]·SW["la-amani", "ya-amani"]·TR["barışçıl"]·urd["صلح-آمیز٬", "پُرامن"]
Related Senses
G2309 1. want, desire (166×)G0025 1. to love actively (133×)H0157 1. love (verb, active Qal) (129×)H8055 1. Qal: rejoice, be glad (123×)H7453 1. neighbor, fellow man (120×)G0026 1. of love (115×)H1058 1. Qal: to weep, cry (112×)H0954 1. to be ashamed, feel shame (Qal) (95×)H8057 1. joy, gladness, delight (90×)H2781 1. disgrace, shame, dishonor (68×)G2307 1. will, desire, purpose (63×)G5463 1. rejoice, be glad (63×)G0027 1. beloved (61×)H8130 1. Qal: to hate, detest (60×)G5479 1. (59×)G1680 1. (53×)H8130 2. Qal ptcp: hater, enemy (53×)H0014 1. be willing, want (51×)H0157 2. lover, friend (Qal participle substantive) (51×)H1945 1. woe (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
εἰρην-ικός, ή, όν, of or for peace, λόγων -ώτατος Refs 5th c.BC+; θυσίαι peace offerings, LXX+2nd c.AD+ __2 of or in peace, peaceful, βίος, πρᾶξις, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative, Refs 1st c.AD+ adverb -κῶς peaceably, opposed to πολεμικῶς, Refs 5th c.BC+ O., etc.: comparative -ώτερον Refs 2nd c.AD+ __3 peaceable, of persons, Refs 5th c.BC+