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εἰρηνικός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
εἰρηνικός, ή, όν
Greek transliteration: 
eirēnikos
Simplified transliteration: 
eirenikos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1516
GK Number: 
1646
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-1a(2a)
Gloss: 
peace-loving, peaceable, peaceful, with a focus of having freedom from emotional worry and frustration
Definition: 
pertaining to peace; peaceable, disposed to peace, Jas. 3:17; from the Hebrew, profitable, blissful, Heb. 12:11*

Greek-English Concordance for εἰρηνικός

Hebrews 12:11 All discipline at the time seems not to be pleasant, but painful; but later it yields the peaceful (eirēnikon | εἰρηνικόν | acc sg masc) fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable (eirēnikē | εἰρηνική | nom sg fem), gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, free from prejudice and hypocrisy.