ἡσυχάζω; 1 aor. ἡσύχασα; (ἥσυχος [i. q. ἡσύχιος]) ; as in Grk. writ. fr. Aeschyl. down, to keep quiet,i.e. 8. to rest, to cease from labor: Lk. xxiii. 56. b. to lead α quiet life, said of those who are not running hither and thither, but stay at home and mind their business: ΕΝ πε ave Ε1- c. to be silent, i. e. to say nothing, hold one’s peace: Lk. xiv. 4 (3); Acts xi. 18; xxi. 14, (Job χχχῖϊ. 7; ἡσύχασαν καὶ οὐχ εὕροσαν λόγον, Neh. v. 8).

ἡσυχάζω hēsychazō 5x

to be still, at rest; to live peaceably, be quiet, 1 Thess. 4:11; to rest from labor, Lk. 23:56; to be silent or quiet, acquiesce, to desist from discussion, Lk. 14:4; Acts 11:18; 21:14*

ἡσυχάζω

[in LXX chiefly for שׁקט;]

to be still; to rest from labour: Lk 23:56;

to live quietly: I Th 4:11;

to be silent: Lk 14:3, Ac 11:18 21:14 (cf. Jb 32:7, Ne 5:8).†

SYN.: σιγάω (q.v.), σιωπάω.

ἡσυχάζω. For this favourite Lukan word (see also 1 Th 41 cf. P Tebt 11. 3308 (ii/A-p.) ὅθεν οὐ Suvdple]vos ἡσυχάζειν ἐπιδίδωμι, ‘wherefore, being unable to submit to this, I apply to you” (Edd.)—a petition to the strategus, and BGU II. 3721-14 (A.D. 154) ἄλλοις δὲ τῶν ποτε προγραφ[έϊντων ἥἧσυχάζουσι καὶ ἐν τῇ οἰκείᾳ τῇ γεω[ργ]ᾳ προσκατέρχουσι (1. προσκατέχουσι) μὴ ἐνοχλεῖν --α good example of the force of the verb in 1 Th /.c.: cf. also PSI I. 418 (iv/a.p.) | σ]ωφρονῖν καὶ ἡσυχάζειν, and the late P Oxy I. 128 verso? (vi/vii A.D.) Παμούθιος. . ἐβουλήθη ἐπαναχωρῆσαι τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ ἡσυχάσαι, "“ Pamouthius has expressed the desire to retire from his duties and take rest” (Edd.). In the illiterate P Fay 11778 (a.p. 108) we have ὦ éypadds pu μὴ ἡσυχάσαι TO κτιστῷ περιτὸν γέγραπτα[ι, ‘what you write to me about not neglecting the building you have said more than enough” (Edd.). For the compound ἀφησυχάζω, see P Goodsp Cairo 154 (A.D. 362) ὅθεν μὴ δυναμένη ἀφησυχάζειν, and for καθησυχάζω, see BGU I. 3614 (ii/A.D.). ἡ ao | yovyia. For a fem. “Hpw8lawa see BGU IT. 5424 | P Lond 4417 (B.c. 161) (=I. p. 34) μετὰ κραυγῆς τε διαστελλομένου μεθ᾽ ἡσυχίας avadvev, P Rein 7! (B.c. 141?) διὰ πάση]ς ἡσυχίας εἶχον, ‘‘I was completely at rest (in mind),” P Oxy II. 237% (a.p. 186) τὴν ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν kal μήτε τῷ κυρίῳ ἐνοχλεῖν, BGU 11. 614" (iii/A.p.) τὰς ἡσυχίας με ἄξοντα, and similarly P Thead 19!8 (iv/a.p.). See also Cagnat IV. 33°: *! καθ᾽ ἡ[συχίαν.

ἡσυχάζω (hēsuchazō) — be quiet/give up. ἡσῠχ-άζω, future -άσω[Refs 5th c.BC+] Maecius Epigrammaticus), -άσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἡσύχᾰσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (ἥσυχος):—keep quiet, be at rest, σὺ δ᾽ ἡσύχαζε [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀπορία τοῦ μὴ ἡσυχάζειν the difficulty of finding rest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ. πρὸς μίαν θύρην, of a lover, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: frequently in participle, ἡσυχάζων προσμενῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε μὴ ἡσυχάσασα αὐξηθῆναι by resting from war, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡσυχαζουσῶν τῶν νεῶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἡσυχάζον τῆς νυκτός the dead of night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ. ἀπό τινος keep away from.., [Refs 1st c.AD+]: with dative, suspend work on, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀλλ᾽ ἡσύχαζε only be tranquil, calm thyself, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b ὁ -άζων, with or without λόγος, a fallacy, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II. transitive, bring to rest, ἡσυχάσας τὼ δύο εἴδη, τὸ τρίτον δὲ κινήσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. b absolutely, impose silence, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.2. leave unspoken, ἃ χρὴ λέγειν [Refs 1st c.AD+].

III. passive in impersonal sense, ἡσυχάζεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς there is quiet, [LXX]