Quick Definition
quietness, silence
Strong's Definition
(as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language
Derivation: feminine of G2272 (ἡσύχιος);
KJV Usage: quietness, silence
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἡσυχία, ἡσυχίας, ἡ (from the adjective ἡσύχιος, which see; the feminine expresses the general notion (Winers Grammar, 95 (90)), cf. αἰτία, ἀρετή, ἔχθρα, 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, 2Th_3:12.
2. silence: Act_22:2; 1Ti_2:11 f
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἡσυχία hēsychia 4x
rest, quiet, tranquillity; a quiet, tranquil life, 2Th_3:12 ;
silence, silent attention, Act_22:2 ; 1Ti_2:11-12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἡσυχία , -ας , ἡ
( < ἡσύχιος , q.v. ),
[in LXX for H380 , H7961 , etc.;]
1. quietness: 2Th_3:12 .
2. stillness, silence: Act_22:2 , 1Ti_2:11-12 †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἡσυχία [page 281]
P Lond 44 .17 (B.C. 161) (= I. p. 34) μετὰ κραυγῆς τε διαστελλομένου μεθ᾽ ἡσυχίας ἀναλύειν , P Rein 7 .15 (B.C. 141 ?) διὰ πάση ]ς̣ ἡσυχίας εἶχον , I was completely at rest (in mind), P Oxy II. 237 vi. 3 (A.D. 186) τὴν ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν καὶ μήτ̣ε̣ τῷ κυρίῳ ἐνοχλεῖν , BGU II. 614 .24 (iii/A.D.) τὰς ἡσυχίας με ἄξοντα , and similarly P Thead 19 .13 (iv/A.D.). See also Cagnat IV. 33 b. .31 καθ᾽ ἡ [συχίαν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἡσυχία ἁσυχία, ἡ, "stillness, rest, quiet", Od. , Hdt. , attic:—c. gen. "rest from" a thing, Hdt. , Plat. with Preps., δι᾽ ἡσυχίης εἶναι to keep "quiet", Hdt. :— ἐν ἡς. ἔχειν τι to keep it "quiet", not speak of it, id=Hdt. :— ἐφ᾽ ἡσυχίας Ar. :— κατ᾽ ἡσυχίην πολλήν quite at one's "ease", Hdt. ; καθ᾽ ἡσυχίαν at "leisure", Thuc. :— μεθ᾽ ἡσυχίας "quietly", Eur. with Verbs, ἡσυχίαν ἄγειν to keep "quiet", be "at rest, keep silent", Hdt. , attic:—so ἡσυχίαν ἔχειν Hdt. , attic "solitude, a sequestered place", Hhymn. , Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἡσυχία, -ας, ἡ
(ἡσύχιος, which see), [in LXX for אִישׁוֹן, שָׁלֵו, etc. ;]
__1. quietness: 2Th.3:12.
__2. stillness, silence: Act.22:2, 1Ti.2:11-12 †
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