King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2271
Transliteration: hēsychia
Phonetic Spelling: (hay-soo-khee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: stillness
Meaning: stillness
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);
Word Summary
hēsychia: stillness
Original Word: ἡσυχίαTransliteration: hēsychia
Phonetic Spelling: (hay-soo-khee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: stillness
Meaning: stillness
Strong's Concordance
quietness, silence. Feminine of hesuchios; (as noun) stillness, i.e. Desistance from bustle or language -- quietness, silence.
see GREEK hesuchios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2271: ἡσυχίαἡσυχία, 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, 2 Thessalonians 3:12.
2. silence: Acts 22:2; 1 Timothy 2:11f