ἡσυχία
hēsychia · quietness, silence
Greek word · Strong’s number G2271 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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hēsychia (ἡσυχία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “quietness, silence”.
Quietness, calm; silence.
How to say it
hē·sy·chi·a
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
- A calm life, without fuss or arguing.
- Everyone falling still to listen.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- quietness ×3
- quiet ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 22:2
And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they kept even more quiet. And he says:
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now to such people we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus the Messiah that, working with quietness, they eat their own bread.
- 1 Timothy 2:11
A woman must learn in quietness with all submission.
- 1 Timothy 2:12
But I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to be in quietness.