שָׁתַק
shatak · grow calm
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8367 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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shatak (שָׁתַק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “grow calm”.
To grow calm, quiet down, as the sea after a storm.
How to say it
sha·tak
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
- Become still, stop raging.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- may calm down ×1
- quiets down ×1
- they grew quiet ×1
- will calm down ×1
Where it appears
- Psalms 107:30
And they were glad because they grew quiet, and he guided them to the harbor of their desire.
- Proverbs 26:20
Without wood the fire goes out, and where there is no grumbler, strife quiets down.
- Jonah 1:11
And they said to him, “What shall we do to you, that the sea may calm down and leave us?” For the sea was growing more and more stormy.
- Jonah 1:12
He said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea, and the sea will calm down and leave you; for I know that because of me this great storm has come on you.”