The Hebrew, Ge’ez, and Greek that is usually translated into English as «peace,» when referring to one’s inner peace, is (back-) translated with a variety of idioms and phrases:
- «a song in the body» (Baoulé — see also joy)
- «heart coolness» (Eastern Maninkakan / Moronene) / «inner coolness» (Binumarien) (source for Moronene: David Andersen; Binumarien: Oates 1995, p. 249)
- «coolness» (Pular / Kutu) (source for Kutu: Pioneer Bible Translators, project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
- «sit down in the heart» (South Bolivian Quechua) / «my heart sits down» (Northern Grebo)
- «rest the heart» (Central Mazahua) / «rest within» (Lacandon) (source: Nida 1952, p. 40 and 128ff.) / «wait well in your heart» (Yatzachi Zapotec) (source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- «quietness of heart» (Chol)
- «kobe (= the abdominal region, including the heart) quiet» (Warao) (source: Henry Osborn in The Bible Translator 1969, p. 74ff. )
- «have a quiet mind» (Ngäbere)
- «heart will lie quietly» (Isthmus Zapotec)
- «live quietly» (Central Tarahumara) (source for this and above: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
- «quiet goodness» (Kekchí)
- «goodness of life» (Uma) (source: Uma Back Translation)
- «strength of heart» (Highland Puebla Nahuatl)
- «leaning on the liver» (Kare)
- «sweet insides» (Shilluk)
- «evenness» (Toraja-Sa’dan)
- «having your hearts feel oneness for one another» (Tzeltal)
- «have one heart» (Miskito)
- «well-arranged soul» (Mashco Piro)
- «completeness» (Highland Puebla Nahuatl) (source for this and two above: Nida 1952, p. 128ff.)
- «stomach flat in» («one’s stomach sticks out when one is upset») (Kimyal) (source: Young 2022)
- «joy in heart» (Eastern Highland Otomi) (source: Viola Waterhouse in Notes on Translation August 1966, p. 86ff.)
- «have security in your heart» (Highland Totonac) (source: Waterhouse / Parrott in Notes on Translation October 1967, p. 1ff.)
- «smooth interior» (Bariai) (source: Bariai Back Translation)
- tangnefedd — «an internal condition that makes external peace (heddwch) possible» (Welsh) (source: Rosa Hunt in Journal of European Baptist Studies 1/23 (2023), p. 1ff. ) (source for all non-attributed translations: Bratcher / Nida)
In American Sign Language it is signed with a compound sign consisting of «become» and «silent.» (Source: Yates 2011, p. 52)
«Peace» in American Sign Language (source )
See also peace (absence of strife) and this devotion on YouVersion and this one on Bible Gateway .