Appease
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).
