noun · feminine
hēsuchias
Strong’sG2271
quietness, silence
stem hēsuchi-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἡσυχία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἡσύχιος, q.v.), [in LXX for אִישׁוֹן, שָׁלֶו, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2271 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhay-soo-khee'-ah
(as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language
Fromfeminine of G2272;
King Jamesquietness, silence.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect -ιη, Doric dialect ἁσ-(?), ἡ, rest, quiet, Refs 8th c.BC+ rest from.. , Refs 5th c.BC+
2 silence, stillness, Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of the Pythagoreans, Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 with Preps., δι᾽ ἡσυχίης εἶναι keep quiet, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν τῇ ἡσυχία, opposed to ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν τι to keep it quiet, not speak of it, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν ἡ. ἔχειν σφέας αὐτούςRefs 5th c.BC+; κατ᾽ ἡσυχίην πολλήν quite at one's ease, Refs 5th c.BC+; καθ᾽ ἡσυχίαν at leisure, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to διὰ σπουδῆς, Refs 5th c.BC+; μετὰ.. ἡσυχίας quietly, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 with Verbs,
4.a ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν keep quiet, be at peace or at rest, Refs 5th c.BC+; κινήσεων from movements, Refs 5th c.BC+; keep silent, Refs 5th c.BC+
4.b ἡσυχίαν ἔχειν, = {ἡ. ἄγειν}, but generally implying less continuance, Refs 5th c.BC+; keep silent, τὰ δεινὰ ἡ. ἑκτέον about them, Refs 4th c.BC+
II solitude, a sequestered place, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hēsuchias | hēsuchiais |
| object accusative | hēsuchian1×ἡσυχίαν | hēsuchiain |
| direct address vocative | hēsuchiar | hēsuchiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | hēsuchiau1×ἡσυχίας | hēsuchiaiu |
| to, for dative | hēsuchia2×ἡσυχίᾳ | hēsuchiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hēsuchia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
hēsuchian“quiet”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 22:2… Hebraida dialekta prosfōnate autoi mallon parechala hēsuchian. kai fēatō;… in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul declared,
hēsuchiau“quietness”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Thessalonians 3:12“quietness”… en kurio Iēso Christo hina meta hēsuchiau ergazorōntois ton heautoiu arton esthialeiō.… by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
hēsuchia“silent”to, fordative singular2×
1 Timothy 2:11“silence”gunaikas en hēsuchia mathatōr en panta hupotaga;A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
1 Timothy 2:12“silent”… oude authentarō androu, alla arō en hēsuchia.… to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.