Lexicon hésuchia: stillness Original Word: ἡσυχία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hésuchia Phonetic Spelling: (hay-soo-khee'-ah) Short Definition: quietness, silence Definition: quietness, stillness, silence. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 2271 hēsyxía (from hēsyxos, "quiet, stillness") – quietness, implying calm; for the believer, 2271 (hēsyxía) is used of their God-produced calm which includes an inner tranquility that supports appropriate action. This term "does not mean speechlessness, which is more directly indicated by 4602 (sigḗ) (J. Thayer). See 2272 (hēsyxios). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hésuchiosDefinitionstillness NASB Translationquiet (2), quiet fashion (1), quietly (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2271: ἡσυχίαἡσυχία, ἡσυχίας, ἡ (from the adjective ἡσύχιος, which see; the feminine expresses the general notion ( Winers Grammar, 95 (90)), cf. αἰτία, ἀρετή, ἔχθρα, etc.) (from Homer down); 1. quietness: descriptive of the life of one who stays at home doing his own work, and does not officiously meddle with the affairs of others, 2 Thessalonians 3:12. 2. silence: Acts 22:2; 1 Timothy 2:11f
Strong's quietness, silence. Feminine of hesuchios; (as noun) stillness, i.e. Desistance from bustle or language -- quietness, silence. see GREEK hesuchios |
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