Strong's Lexicon
G2271 — ἡσυχία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2271 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἡσυχία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | feminine of G2272 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | hesuchia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hay-soo-khee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. (as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language |
| KJV Renderings: | quietness, silence |
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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
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἡσυχία (quietness)
Acts 22:2
- KJV: And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them they kept the more silence and he saith
- GK: ακούσαντες δε ότι τη Εβραϊδι διαλέκτω προσεφώνει αυτοίς μάλλον παρέσχον ησυχίαν
2 Thessalonians 3:12
- KJV: Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ that with quietness they work eat their own bread
- GK: τοις δε τοιούτοις παραγγέλλομεν και παρακαλούμεν διά του κυρίου ημών Ιησού χριστού ίνα μετά ησυχίας εργαζόμενοι τον εαυτών άρτον εσθίωσιν
1 Timothy 2:11
- KJV: Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection
- GK: γυνή εν ησυχία μανθανέτω εν πάση υποταγή
1 Timothy 2:12
- KJV: But I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man but to be in silence
- GK: γυναικί δε διδάσκειν ουκ επιτρέπω ουδέ αυθεντείν ανδρός αλλ΄ είναι εν ησυχία
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