At ease
שָׁלֵוStrong’s H7961shalev (sha-lev)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shalev is the Hebrew word usually translated “at ease”, “quiet” and “at ease of”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?”
Meaning
- Quiet, at ease, prosperousat ease (of persons) · quiet (of land) · quiet, ease · ease (subst)
How it's translated
- and at ease 3
- at ease 3
- quiet 1
- and at ease of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 3
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Psalms 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
- Zechariah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 4:40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
- Job 16:12I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
- Job 20:20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
- Job 21:23One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.
- Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
- Jeremiah 49:31Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁלֵו shalev · at ease
1) quiet, at ease, prosperous 1a) at ease (of persons) 1b) quiet (of land) 1c) quiet, ease 1d) ease (subst)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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.]
- Still; being in a state of rest; now moving. Judges 16:2
- Still; free from alarm or disturbance; unmolested; as a quiet life.“In his days the land was quiet ten years” 2 Chronicles 14:1
- 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
- Calm; not agitated by wind; as a quiet sea or atmosphere.
All definitions and other forms of “quiet”
- Smooth; unruffled.
- Undisturbed; unmolested; as the quiet possession or enjoyment of an estate.
- Not crying; not restless; as a quiet child.
QUI'ET, noun
[Latin quies.]
- Rest; repose; stillness; the state of a thing not in motion.
- Tranquility; freedom from disturbance or alarm; civil or political repose.
- Peace; security. Judges 18:7
QUI'ET, verb transitive
- To stop motion; to still; to reduce to a state of rest; as, to quiet corporeal motion.
- 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.
- 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.