G2271: ἡσυχία
hēsychía · “quietness”
Definition
(as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language
KJV translates it as: quietness, silence
Word origin: feminine of G2272 (ἡσύχιος);
Extended definition
ἡσυχία, -ας, ἡ
(ἡσύχιος, which see), [in LXX for אִישׁוֹן, שָׁלֵו, etc. ;]
1. quietness: 2Th.3:12.
2. stillness, silence: Act.22:2, 1Ti.2:11-12 †
(AS)
(ἡσύχιος, which see), [in LXX for אִישׁוֹן, שָׁלֵו, etc. ;]
1. quietness: 2Th.3:12.
2. stillness, silence: Act.22:2, 1Ti.2:11-12 †
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2271 is translated
- quietness ×2
- quiet. ×1
- quietness. ×1
Bible verses with G2271 (hēsychía)
Hēsychía appears in 4 verses.
- Acts 22:2
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- 1 Timothy 2:11
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
- 1 Timothy 2:12
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.