Lexicon :: Strong's H8252 - šāqaṭ

So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had told Moses. Joshua then gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. After this, the land had rest from war.

Hebron’s name used to be Kiriath-arba; Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. After this, the land had rest from war.

Then the land had peace for forty years, and Othniel son of Kenaz died.

Moab became subject to Israel that day, and the land had peace for eighty years.

LORD, may all your enemies perish as Sisera did.[fn]

But may those who love him

be like the rising of the sun in its strength.

And the land had peace for forty years.

So Midian was subdued before the Israelites, and they were no longer a threat. The land had peace for forty years during the days of Gideon.

The five men left and came to Laish. They saw that the people who were there were living securely, in the same way as the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking[fn] in the land and no oppressive ruler. They were far from the Sidonians, having no alliance with anyone.[fn]

After they had taken the gods Micah had made and the priest that belonged to him, they went to Laish, to a quiet and unsuspecting people. They killed them with their swords and burned the city.

Naomi said, “My daughter, wait until you find out how things go, for he won’t rest unless he resolves this today.”

All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death by the sword in the king’s palace.

They found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, peaceful, and quiet, for some Hamites had lived there previously.

Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa became king in his place. During his reign the land experienced peace for ten years.

He also removed the high places and the shrines[fn] from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom experienced peace under him.

Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was quiet, for his God gave him rest on every side.

All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death by the sword.

Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;

I would be asleep.

Then I would be at rest

I cannot relax or be calm;

I have no rest, for turmoil has come.

But when God is silent, who can declare him guilty?

When he hides his face, who can see him?

Yet he watches over both individuals and nations,

You whose clothes get hot

when the south wind brings calm to the land,

From heaven you pronounced judgment.

The earth feared and grew quiet

God, do not keep silent.

Do not be deaf, God; do not be quiet.

to give him relief from troubled times

until a pit is dug for the wicked.

A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict,

but one slow to anger calms strife.

“Say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Don’t be afraid or cowardly because of these two smoldering sticks, the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram, and the son of Remaliah.

The whole earth is calm and at rest;

people shout with a ringing cry.

For the LORD said to me:

I will quietly look out from my place,

like shimmering heat in sunshine,

like a rain cloud in harvest heat.

For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said:

“You will be delivered by returning and resting;

your strength will lie in quiet confidence.

But you are not willing.”

The result of righteousness will be peace;

the effect of righteousness

will be quiet confidence forever.

“But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea,

for it cannot be still,

and its water churns up mire and muck.

I will not keep silent because of Zion,

and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,

until her righteousness shines like a bright light

and her salvation, like a flaming torch.

As for you, my servant Jacob,

do not be afraid —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

and do not be discouraged, Israel,

for without fail I will save you out of a distant place,

your descendants, from the land of their captivity!

Jacob will return and have calm and quiet

with no one to frighten him.

But you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid,

and do not be discouraged, Israel,

for without fail I will save you from far away,

and your descendants from the land of their captivity!

Jacob will return and have calm and quiet

with no one to frighten him.

Oh, sword of the LORD!

How long will you be restless?

Go back to your sheath;

be still; be silent!

Moab has been left quiet since his youth,

settled like wine on its dregs.

He hasn’t been poured from one container to another

or gone into exile.

So his taste has remained the same,

and his aroma hasn’t changed.

About Damascus:

Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,

for they have heard a bad report and are agitated,

like[fn] the anxious sea that cannot be calmed.

“So I will satisfy my wrath against you, and my jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.

“Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had pride, plenty of food, and comfortable security, but didn’t support[fn] the poor and needy.

“You will say, “I will advance against a land of open villages; I will come against a tranquil people who are living securely, all of them living without walls and without bars or gates” ​— ​

They reported to the angel of the LORD standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and right now the whole earth is calm and quiet.”