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Lexicon :: Strong's G2271 - hēsychia

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ἡσυχία
Transliteration
hēsychia (Key)
Pronunciation
hay-soo-khee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἡσυχία hēsychía, hay-soo-khee'-ah; feminine of G2272; (as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language:—quietness, silence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2271 in the following manner: silent (3x), quietness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2271 in the following manner: silent (3x), quietness (1x).

  1. quietness

    1. description of the life of one who stays at home doing his own work, and does not officiously meddle with the affairs of others

  2. silence

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἡσυχία hēsychía, hay-soo-khee'-ah; feminine of G2272; (as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language:—quietness, silence.
STRONGS G2271:
ἡσυχία, -ας, ἡ, (from the adjective ἡσύχιος, which see; the feminine expresses the general notion [Winers Grammar, 95 (90)], cf. αἰτία, ἀρετή, ἐχθρά, etc.), [from Homer down];
1. quietness: descriptive of the life of one who stays at home doing his own work, and does not officiously meddle with the affairs of others, 2 Thessalonians 3:12.
2. silence: Acts 22:2; 1 Timothy 2:11f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
22:2
2 Thessalonians
3:12
1 Timothy
2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2271 matches the Greek ἡσυχία (hēsychia),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:8 - And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9 - Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 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:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 - In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:12 - He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:11 - And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
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