ἡσυχάζω
hēsychazō · be quiet, rest
Greek word · Strong’s number G2270 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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hēsychazō (ἡσυχάζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be quiet, rest”.
Be quiet, stay silent; rest; live a quiet life.
How to say it
hē·sy·cha·zō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Stop speaking.
- Repose; live in peace.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- kept silent ×1
- live quietly ×1
- they fell silent ×1
- they rested ×1
- we fell silent ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 14:4
But they kept silent. And taking hold of him, he healed him and sent him away.
- Luke 23:56
And they returned and prepared spices and ointments. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
- Acts 11:18
And when they heard these things they fell silent and glorified God, saying, “Then God has given to the nations also the change of mind that leads to life.”
- Acts 21:14
And when he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11
and to make it your ambition to live quietly and to attend to your own affairs and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,