Quick Definition
to quiet
Strong's Definition
to repose (usually figurative)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
TWOT Reference: 2453
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁקַט (sha.qat) — to quiet. 1) to be quiet, be tranquil, be at peace, be quiet, rest, lie still, be undisturbed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be quiet, be undisturbed 1a1a) to be at peace (of land) 1a2) to be quiet, be inactive 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to show quietness 1b1a) quietness, display of quietness (subst) 1b2) to quiet, be quiet 1b3) to cause quietness, pacify, allay
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שֶׁקֶט
Non-Move | verb qal, verb hif
to be quiet, to be still = state in which an inanimate object does not move
Non-Engage | verb qal, verb hif
to be quiet, to be still = state in which there is no activity of a certain kind in a certain place
JOS 11:23 · JOS 14:15 · JDG 3:11 · JDG 3:30 · JDG 5:31 · JDG 8:28 · 2KI 11:20 · 1CH 4:40 · 2CH 13:23 · 2CH 14:4 · 2CH 14:5 · 2CH 20:30 · 2CH 23:21 · JOB 37:17 · PSA 76:9 · ISA 14:7 · JER 48:11 · ZEC 1:11
Non-Engage | verb qal, verb hif
to keep quiet, to keep still, to rest = action by which humans or deities refrain from acting
End | verb hif
to stop, to end = causative action by which humans cause other humans to refrain from acting
Confident | verb qal, verb hif | ≈ בטח · בֶּטַח · בִּטְחָה · נוח · נַחַת · שׁאן · שׁלו · שַׁלְוָה · שָׁלֹום | ≠ ירא · חרד · לֵבָב רכך · רֹגֶז
to be confident, to be at ease, to be calm = state in which humans feel confident and calm ◄ either because living under favorable circumstances or because of lack of fear when living under difficult circumstances
JDG 18:7 · JDG 18:27 · JOB 3:13 · JOB 3:26 · ISA 7:4 · ISA 30:15 · ISA 32:17 · JER 30:10 · JER 46:27 · EZK 16:42 · EZK 16:49 · EZK 38:11
Confident | verb hif
to give confidence, to give rest = causative action by which deities cause humans to feel confident and calm
1 ISA 18:4 MT-K אשׁקיטה | MT-Q אֶשׁקְָטָה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁקַט vb. be quiet, undisturbed Qal be quiet, undisturbed of land, at peace
be quiet, inactive
Hiph. shew quietness (inner causat.), of men
cause quietness
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