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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 Box Jos 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:8 -

Now it happened that when they had completed circumcising all the nation, they remained in their places in the camp until they were [fn]healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40 - They found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad and quiet and peaceful; for those who lived there formerly were Hamites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9 - ‘Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be [fn]Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:29 -

So if He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?

So if He hides His face, who then can perceive Him?

He is above both nation and man altogether,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:9 -

In the twilight, in the evening of that day,

In the [fn]middle of the night, and in the thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:12

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He who despises his neighbor lacks a heart of wisdom,

But a man of discernment keeps silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:11 - and you will say, ‘I will go up against the land of [fn]unwalled villages. I will go against those who dwell quietly, that live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates,
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