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ἡσυχία

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἡσυχία, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
hēsychia
Simplified transliteration: 
hesychia
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2271
GK Number: 
2484
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
quietness, silence; settling down, lack of disturbance
Definition: 
rest, quiet, tranquillity; a quiet, tranquil life, 2 Thess. 3:12; silence, silent attention, Acts 22:2; 1 Tim. 2:11, 12*

Greek-English Concordance for ἡσυχία

Acts 22:2 And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet (hēsychian | ἡσυχίαν | acc sg fem). And he said:
2 Thessalonians 3:12 Such people we charge and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ that they work quietly and eat their own food.
1 Timothy 2:11 A woman should learn in quietness (hēsychia | ἡσυχίᾳ | dat sg fem), in all submissiveness;
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 (hēsychia | ἡσυχίᾳ | dat sg fem).