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Peace
Peace is a biblical term translating the Hebrew shalom and the Greek eirene. Beyond the absence of conflict, it denotes wholeness, well-being, and a right relationship between God and humanity.
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- Peace Offering and PropitiationBible
The peace offering of the Old Testament book of Leviticus and the New Testament presentation of Christ as the offering that deals with sin are distinct biblical concepts. The New Korean Revised Version of the Bible renders both with a single term, although the original-language words behind the two uses differ.
- Peace OfferingBible
The peace offering is an Old Testament sacrifice prescribed in Leviticus 3 and 7. Its fat was burned on the altar, and its meat was shared between the priests and the worshiper. It was offered as an expression of thanksgiving, in fulfillment of a vow, or as a freewill offering.
- Peace of WestphaliaHistory
The Peace of Westphalia is the collective name for a series of peace treaties concluded in 1648 at Münster and Osnabrück in the region of Westphalia. It ended the Thirty Years' War and gave legal recognition within the Holy Roman Empire to Calvinism (the Reformed tradition) alongside Catholicism and Lutheranism.
- Peace of AugsburgHistory
The Peace of Augsburg was a religious settlement proclaimed on September 25, 1555, at the Imperial Diet of Augsburg in the Holy Roman Empire. By allowing the ruler of each territory to choose between Catholicism and Lutheranism, it gave Lutheranism legal recognition for the first time.
- Covenant of PeaceBible
The covenant of peace is God's promise of a perpetual priesthood, given to Phinehas after the incident at Baal-peor (Numbers 25:12). In the prophetic books, the phrase also describes the covenant of peace that God will make with his restored people.
Verses in the King James Version 420, showing 6
- Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
- Genesis 24:21
And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.
- Genesis 26:29
That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.
- Genesis 26:31
And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
- Genesis 28:21Explained
So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:
- Genesis 34:5
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
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