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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_76798" /> == | |||
<div> '''1: καταστέλλω ''' (Strong'S #2687 Verb katastello kat-as-tel'-lo ) </div> <p> "to quiet" (lit., "to send down," kata, "down," stello, "to send"), in the Passive Voice, "to be quiet, or to be quieted," is used in Acts 19:35,36 , in the former verse in the Active Voice, [[Av,]] "appeased;" [[Rv,]] "quieted;" in the latter, the Passive, "to be quiet" (lit., 'to be quieted'). See Quiet. </p> | |||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58096" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58096" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Appe'Ase,]] s as z. [[L.]] pax. See Peace. </p> <p> To make quiet to calm to reduce to a state of peace to still to pacify as, to appease the tumult of the ocean or of the passions to appease hunger or thirst. </p> <p> This word is of a general application to every thing in a disturbed, ruffled or agitated state. </p> | ||
== | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_87885" /> == | ||
< | <p> (v. t.) To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_910" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_910" /> == | ||
<p> '''''a''''' -'''''pēz''''' ´: "To make one at peace." [[Esau]] is appeased, i.e. placated, won over by means of presents ( | <p> '''''a''''' -'''''pēz''''' ´: "To make one at peace." [[Esau]] is appeased, i.e. placated, won over by means of presents ( Genesis 32:20 ). One "slow to anger appeaseth strife," i.e. puts an end to it ( Proverbs 15:18 ). the Revised Version (British and American) changes "appeased" of the King James Version in Acts 19:35 into "quieted" (Greek <i> '''''katastéllō''''' </i> , "put down," "suppress," "restrain," referring to a popular commotion). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_76798"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/appease Appease from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_58096"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/appease Appease from King James Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_58096"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/appease Appease from King James Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_87885"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/appease Appease from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_910"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/appease Appease from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_910"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/appease Appease from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to quiet" (lit., "to send down," kata, "down," stello, "to send"), in the Passive Voice, "to be quiet, or to be quieted," is used in Acts 19:35,36 , in the former verse in the Active Voice, Av, "appeased;" Rv, "quieted;" in the latter, the Passive, "to be quiet" (lit., 'to be quieted'). See Quiet.
King James Dictionary [2]
Appe'Ase, s as z. L. pax. See Peace.
To make quiet to calm to reduce to a state of peace to still to pacify as, to appease the tumult of the ocean or of the passions to appease hunger or thirst.
This word is of a general application to every thing in a disturbed, ruffled or agitated state.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(v. t.) To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
a -pēz ´: "To make one at peace." Esau is appeased, i.e. placated, won over by means of presents ( Genesis 32:20 ). One "slow to anger appeaseth strife," i.e. puts an end to it ( Proverbs 15:18 ). the Revised Version (British and American) changes "appeased" of the King James Version in Acts 19:35 into "quieted" (Greek katastéllō , "put down," "suppress," "restrain," referring to a popular commotion).
