Quietness
שֶׁ֫קֶטStrong’s H8253sheqet (she-qet)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Sheqet is the Hebrew word usually translated “quietness”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.”
Meaning
- Quiet, tranquillity, quietness
How it's translated
- and quietness 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שֶׁ֫קֶט sheqet · quietness
quiet, tranquillity, quietness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.