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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Spiritual Peace
• Prince of Peace
• Peace Offerings
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Scofield Reference Index
• Peace-Offering
• Peace
Thompson Chain Reference
• War-Peace
• Prince of Peace
• Peace-Offerings
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The Topic Concordance
• Peace
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Peace by Wrong Means
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Peace-Offerings
• Peace, Spiritual
• Peace
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Blessing of Peace, the
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Peace
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Peace Offering
• Peace
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Peace
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Peace Offerings
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Peace Offering
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Peace: of a Believer
• Peace: False
• Peace of Pardon: Not a Mere Forgetfulness
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Peace, Spiritual
• Peace Offering
• Lord Is Peace, the
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Peace-Offering
• Peace
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Peace (2)
• Peace
King James Dictionary
• Peace
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Peace Offering
• Peace
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Tablet, Peace
• Sisters of Saint Joseph of Peace
• Religious Peace of Augsburg
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Peace
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Peace Offering
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Peace, Peaceable, Peaceably
• Peace
• Peace
Webster Dictionary
• Peaceful
• Peace
• Make-Peace
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Breach of the Peace
• Charles William Peac
• Justice of the Peace
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Peace
• Peace Offering
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• God, Peace of.
• Libelli Pacis or Letters of Peace.
• Linz or Lintz, the Peace of
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Peace Society
• Pipe of Peace
• Prince of Peace
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Peace Congresses
• Peace of the Church
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Peace
• Peace, Kiss of
• Peace-Offering
Lexicons
• ܫܝܢ
• ܫܰܝܢܳܐ
• ܫܰܠܡܳܐ
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Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Peace-Offering
• εἰρηνεύω
• εἰρήνη
• εἰρηνικός
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• בְּרָכָה
• דָּמַם דָּמַם, , דָּמַם
• הַס , הָסָה
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PEACE, n. L. pax, paco, to appease.

1. In a general sense, a state of quiet or tranquillity freedom from disturbance or agitation applicable to society, to individuals, or to the temper of the mind.

2. Freedom from war with a foreign nation public quiet.

3. Freedom from internal commotion or war.

4. Freedom from private quarrels, suits or disturbance.

5. Freedom from agitation or disturbance by the passions, as from fear, terror, anger, anxiety or the like quietness of mind tranquillity calmness quiet of conscience.

Great peace have they that love the law. Psalms 119

6. Heavenly rest the happiness of heaven.

7. Harmony concord a state of reconciliation between parties at variance.

8. Public tranquillity that quiet,order and security which is guaranteed by the laws as, to keep the peace to break the peace.

This word is used in commanding silence or quiet as, peace to this troubled soul.

Peace, the lovers are asleep.

To be at peace, to be reconciled to live in harmony.

To make peace, to reconcile, as parties at variance.

To hold the peace, to be silent to suppress one's thoughts not to speak.