Quietness
ἡσυχίαStrong’s G2271hēsuchia
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hēsuchia is the Greek word usually translated “quietness” and “quiet”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.”
Meaning
Usually translated “quietness” and “quiet”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- quietness 3
- quiet 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Timothy 2
- Acts 1
- 2 Thessalonians 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 2:11In contextLet the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
- 1 Timothy 2:12In contextBut I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
- Acts 22:2(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
Greek dictionary
ἡσυχία hēsuchia · quietness
ἡσυχία, -ας, ἡ (ἡσύχιος, which see), [in LXX for אִישׁוֹן, שָׁלֵו, etc. ;] 1. quietness: 2Th.3:12. 2. stillness, silence: Act.22:2, 1Ti.2:11-12 † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “quietness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
QUI'ETNESS, noun
- A state of rest; stillness.
- Calm; tranquility; as the quietness of the ocean or atmosphere.
- Freedom from agitation or emotion; calmness; coolness; as the quietness of the mind.
- Freedom from disturbance, disorder or commotion; peace; tranquility; as the quietness of a city or state.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.