Strong H8252שָׁקַט

to quiet

Transliteration: shâqaţ
Pronunciation: shaw-kat'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to repose (usually figuratively): - {appease} {idleness} ({at} be {at} be {in} give) quiet ({-ness}) (be {at} be {in} {give} {have} take) {rest} {settle} be still.

Detailed definition

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

In the Bible

Strong H8252 appears in 41 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

rest15
be12
quietness4
quiet3
appeaseth1
idleness1
quieteth1
settle1
take1
thee1
thou1

First verses

Joshua 11:23
So 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 14:15
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
Judges 3:11
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Judges 3:30
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
Judges 5:31
So 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 8:28
Thus 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.
Judges 18:7
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
Judges 18:27
And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
Ruth 3:18
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
2 Kings 11:20
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.
1 Chronicles 4:40
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
2 Chronicles 14:1
So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 Chronicles 14:5
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
2 Chronicles 14:6
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the Lord had given him rest.
2 Chronicles 20:30
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
2 Chronicles 23:21
And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
Job 3:13
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
Job 3:26
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Job 34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Job 37:17
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?