To quiet
שָׁקַטStrong’s H8252shaqat (sha-qat)
Appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shaqat is the Hebrew word usually translated “it was at peace”, “at peace” and “remain quiet”. It appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.”
Meaning
- To be quiet, be tranquil, be at peace, be quiet, rest, lie still, be undisturbed(Qal) · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- it was at peace 6
- and it was at peace 6
- at peace 2
- i will remain quiet 2
- quietness 2
- to be quiet 2
- and he will be undisturbed 2
- and undisturbed 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 7
- Judges 6
- Jeremiah 6
- 2 Chronicles 5
- Job 4
- Psalms 3
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
- Joshua 14:15And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
- Judges 3:11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
- Judges 3:30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
- Judges 5:31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
- Judges 8:28Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
All 41 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁקַט shaqat · to quiet
1) to be quiet, be tranquil, be at peace, be quiet, rest, lie still, be undisturbed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be quiet, be undisturbed 1a1a) to be at peace (of land) 1a2) to be quiet, be inactive 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to show quietness 1b1a) quietness, display of quietness (subst) 1b2) to quiet, be quiet 1b3) to cause quietness, pacify, allay
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.