ἡσυχία

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ἡσυχία, ας, ἡ

Greek transliteration

hēsychia

Simplified transliteration

hesychia

Strong's number

2271

GK Number

2484

Frequency in New Testament

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

n-1a

Gloss

quietness, silence; settling down, lack of disturbance

Definition

rest, quiet, tranquillity; a quiet, tranquil life, 2 Thess. 3:12; silence, silent attention, Acts 22:2; 1 Tim. 2:11, 12*

Acts 22:2	And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet (hēsychian \| ἡσυχίαν \| acc sg fem). And he said:
2 Thessalonians 3:12	Such people we charge and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ that they work quietly and eat their own food.
1 Timothy 2:11	A woman should learn in quietness (hēsychia \| ἡσυχίᾳ \| dat sg fem), in all submissiveness;
1 Timothy 2:12	but I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to be in quietness (hēsychia \| ἡσυχίᾳ \| dat sg fem).

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