Strong G2271ἡσυχία
quietness
- Transliteration
- hēsuchia
- Pronunciation
- hay-soo-khee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of G2272; (as noun) stillness that is desistance from bustle or language: - quietness silence.
Detailed definition
ἡσυχία, -ας, ἡ
(ἡσύχιος, which see), [in LXX for אִישׁוֹן, שָׁלֵו, etc.;]
1. quietness: 2Th.3:12.
2. stillness, silence: Act.22:2, 1Ti.2:11-12 †
(AS)
(ἡσύχιος, which see), [in LXX for אִישׁוֹן, שָׁלֵו, etc.;]
1. quietness: 2Th.3:12.
2. stillness, silence: Act.22:2, 1Ti.2:11-12 †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2271 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- silence3
- quietness1
First verses
- Acts 22:2(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- 1 Timothy 2:11Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
- 1 Timothy 2:12But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἡσῠχ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, Doric dialect ἁσ-(?), ἡ, rest, quiet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.22, etc.; personified in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1321 (Lyric poetry); ἁ. φιλεῖ συμπόσιον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.48: with _genitive_ object, ἡ. τῆς πολιορκίης)] rest from.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.135; τῆς ἡδονῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 583e; τοῦ λυπεῖσθαι ibid; περί τι [prev. work]c; ἡ ἀπὸ τῆς εἰρήνης ἡ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.25: in _plural_, αἱ ἡ. σήπουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153c.)]
2 silence, stillness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 77 (_anapaest meter_))]; especially of the Pythagoreans, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit.Auct.” 3.)]
3 with Preps., δι᾽ ἡσυχίης εἶναι keep quiet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206)]; ἐν τῇ ἡσυχία, opposed to ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.12)]; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν τι to keep it quiet, not speak of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.γ)]; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν σφέας αὐτούς[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 93; ἐν ἡ. διατριβειν 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.5.2; ἐφ᾽ ἡσυχίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1517; μένειν ἐπὶ ἡσυχία 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.13.2)]; κατ᾽ ἡσυχίην πολλήν quite at one's ease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9, compare 7.208, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.12)]; καθ᾽ ἡσυχίαν at leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1224, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.48, etc.)]; opposed to διὰ σπουδῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.28)]; μετὰ.. ἡσυχίας quietly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 205 (_anapaest meter_).)]
4 with Verbs,
4.a ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν keep quiet, be at peace or at rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38a, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.2, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.1, etc.; περὶ μὲν τῶν ἄλλων ἡ. ἦγον, ὑπὲρ δέ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.49)]; κινήσεων from movements, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 89e)]; keep silent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 143 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 321: _plural_, τὰς ἡ. ἄγειν or ἔχειν, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.114a, 11.493f.)]
4.b ἡσυχίαν ἔχειν, = {ἡ. ἄγειν}, but generally implying less continuance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.45, 7.150, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.18, “HG” 3.2.27; ἡ. ἔχειν πρός τινα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.7)]; keep silent, τὰ δεινὰ ἡ. ἑκτέον about them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.60.)]
II solitude, a sequestered place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (hymnus ad Mercurium 356, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.21.)]
Ionic dialect -ιη, Doric dialect ἁσ-(?), ἡ, rest, quiet, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.22, etc.; personified in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1321 (Lyric poetry); ἁ. φιλεῖ συμπόσιον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.48: with _genitive_ object, ἡ. τῆς πολιορκίης)] rest from.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.135; τῆς ἡδονῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 583e; τοῦ λυπεῖσθαι ibid; περί τι [prev. work]c; ἡ ἀπὸ τῆς εἰρήνης ἡ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.25: in _plural_, αἱ ἡ. σήπουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 153c.)]
2 silence, stillness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 77 (_anapaest meter_))]; especially of the Pythagoreans, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit.Auct.” 3.)]
3 with Preps., δι᾽ ἡσυχίης εἶναι keep quiet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.206)]; ἐν τῇ ἡσυχία, opposed to ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.12)]; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν τι to keep it quiet, not speak of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.γ)]; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν σφέας αὐτούς[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 93; ἐν ἡ. διατριβειν 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.5.2; ἐφ᾽ ἡσυχίας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1517; μένειν ἐπὶ ἡσυχία 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.13.2)]; κατ᾽ ἡσυχίην πολλήν quite at one's ease, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.9, compare 7.208, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.12)]; καθ᾽ ἡσυχίαν at leisure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1224, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.48, etc.)]; opposed to διὰ σπουδῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.28)]; μετὰ.. ἡσυχίας quietly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 205 (_anapaest meter_).)]
4 with Verbs,
4.a ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν keep quiet, be at peace or at rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 38a, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.2, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.1, etc.; περὶ μὲν τῶν ἄλλων ἡ. ἦγον, ὑπὲρ δέ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.49)]; κινήσεων from movements, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 89e)]; keep silent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 143 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 321: _plural_, τὰς ἡ. ἄγειν or ἔχειν, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.114a, 11.493f.)]
4.b ἡσυχίαν ἔχειν, = {ἡ. ἄγειν}, but generally implying less continuance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.45, 7.150, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.18, “HG” 3.2.27; ἡ. ἔχειν πρός τινα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.7)]; keep silent, τὰ δεινὰ ἡ. ἑκτέον about them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 58.60.)]
II solitude, a sequestered place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (hymnus ad Mercurium 356, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.21.)]