adjective
hēsuchios
Strong’sG2272
quiet, tranquil
stem hēsuchi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 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.
ἡσύχιος, -α, -ον
(= the more freq. ἥσυχος; cf. Wi 18:14, Si 25:20), [in LXX: Is 66:2 (נְכֵה־רוּחַ)*;]
SYN.: ἤρεμος, of tranquillity arising from without; ἡ., from within (v. Ellic. on I Ti 2:2; but also v. CGT, I Ti 2:2.).†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2272 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhay-soo'-khee-os
properly, keeping one's seat (sedentary), i.e. (by implication) still (undisturbed, undisturbing)
Froma prolonged form of a compound probably of a derivative of the base of G1476 and perhaps G2192;
King Jamespeaceable, quiet.
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
Doric dialect ἁσ- (variant ἡσ-), ον,= ἥσυχος, still, quiet, at rest, ἡσύχιον δ᾽ ἄρα μιν πολέμου ἔκπεμπε Refs 8th c.BC+; also in Prose, τρόπον ἡ. of a quiet disposition, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ἡ. Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ἡ. τῆς εἰρήνης (variant{ἥσυχον}) Refs 5th c.BC+ more reposeful, Refs 1st c.BC+. adverb -ίωςRefs 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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hēsuchios | hēsuchias | hēsuchiem | hēsuchiois | hēsuchiais | hēsuchieim |
| object accusative | hēsuchion1×ἡσύχιον | hēsuchian | hēsuchioin | hēsuchiain | ||
| direct address vocative | hēsuchior | hēsuchiar | hēsuchioir | hēsuchiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hēsuchiou | hēsuchiau | hēsuchieu1×ἡσυχίου | hēsuchioiu | hēsuchiaiu | hēsuchieiu |
| to, for dative | hēsuchio | hēsuchia | hēsuchie | hēsuchioi | hēsuchiai | hēsuchiei |
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
hēsuchi 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
hēsuchion“quiet”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Timothy 2:2… en huperocha arōntoiu, hina ēremon kai hēsuchion bion diaganeiō en panta eusebeia kai …… that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
hēsuchieu“quiet”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Peter 3:4… en to aftharto teu praueu kai hēsuchieu pneumeu, hem atō enōpion tou theou …… unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s …