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To quiet

καταστέλλωStrong’s G2687

katastellō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Katastellō is the Greek word usually translated “having calmed” and “quietened”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?”
Acts 19:35 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having calmed” and “quietened”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having calmed 1
  • quietened 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 2

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

καταστέλλω katastellō · to quiet

κατα-στέλλω [in LXX: 2Ma.4:31, 3Ma.6:1 * ;] 1. to let down, lower. 2. to keep down, restrain: with accusative, Act.19:35-36 † (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “quiet” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

QUI'ET, adjective

[Latin quietus.]

  1. Still; being in a state of rest; now moving. Judges 16:2
  2. Still; free from alarm or disturbance; unmolested; as a quiet life.“In his days the land was quiet ten years” 2 Chronicles 14:1
  3. Peaceable; not turbulent; not giving offense; not exciting controversy, disorder or trouble; mild; meek; contented.“The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit” 1 Peter 3:4
  4. Calm; not agitated by wind; as a quiet sea or atmosphere.
All definitions and other forms of “quiet”
  1. Smooth; unruffled.
  2. Undisturbed; unmolested; as the quiet possession or enjoyment of an estate.
  3. Not crying; not restless; as a quiet child.

QUI'ET, noun

[Latin quies.]

  1. Rest; repose; stillness; the state of a thing not in motion.
  2. Tranquility; freedom from disturbance or alarm; civil or political repose.
  3. Peace; security. Judges 18:7

QUI'ET, verb transitive

  1. To stop motion; to still; to reduce to a state of rest; as, to quiet corporeal motion.
  2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to tranquilize; as, to quiet the soul when agitated; to quiet the passions; to quiet the clamors of a nation; to quiet the disorders of a city or town.
  3. To allay; to suppress; as, to quiet pain or grief.

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.