No one named Irene appears in the Bible. The name is the Greek word for peace, eirēnē, which occurs 92 times in the New Testament. It became a Christian name through early martyrs such as Irene of Thessalonica, who was put to death in 304 for keeping copies of the Scriptures. Is Irene in the Bible? No person in the Old or New Testament is called Irene, and no translation uses it as a name. The word it comes from…

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