Quietness Quiet

Quietness Quiet

'''A — 1: ἤρεμος (Strong'S #2263 — Adjective — eremos — ay'-rem-os )

"quiet, tranquil," occurs in  1 Timothy 2:2 , Rv, "tranquil" (Av, "quiet"); it indicates tranquillity arising from without.

'''A — 2: ἡσύχιος (Strong'S #2272 — Adjective — hesuchios — hay-soo'-khee-os )

has much the same meaning as No. 1, but indicates "tranquillity arising from within," causing no distrubance to others. It is translated "quiet" in  1 Timothy 2:2 , Rv (Av, "peaceable"); "quiet" in  1 Peter 3:4 , where it is associated with "meek," and is to characterize the spirit or disposition. See Peaceable.

'''B — 1: ἡσυχάζω (Strong'S #2270 — Verb — hesuchazo — hay-soo-khad'-zo )

akin to A, No, 2, "to be still, to live quietly:" see Cease , A, No. 3.

'''B — 2: καταστέλλω (Strong'S #2687 — Verb — katastello — kat-as-tel'-lo )

denotes "to quiet:" see Appease.

'''B — 3: ἡσυχάζω (Strong'S #2270 — Verb — hesuchazo — hay-soo-khad'-zo )

akin to A, No, 2, "to be still, to live quietly:" see Cease , A, No. 3.

'''C — 1: εἰρήνη (Strong'S #1515 — Noun Feminine — eirene — i-rah'-nay )

"peace," is translated "quietness" in  Acts 24:2 , Av (Rv, "peace"). See Peace (e).

'''C — 2: ἡσυχία (Strong'S #2271 — Noun Feminine — hesuchia — hay-soo-khee'-ah )

akin to A, No. 2, and B. No. 1, denotes "quietness,"  2 Thessalonians 3:12; it is so translated in the Rv of  1 Timothy 2:11,12 (Av, "silence"); in   Acts 22:2 , Rv, "(they were the more) quiet," Av, "(they kept the more) silence," lit., "they kept quietness the more."