Greek noun (feminine) · G2271
ἡσυχία
hesychiahay-soo-khee'-ah
quietness; stillness, silence
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hēsychía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2271is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2271
(as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language
The King James renders it: quietness, silence.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hesychia is rendered "quietness; stillness, silence". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Timothy, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "quietness".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 22:2When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
Acts 22:2ἡσυχίαν.¶
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in 1 Timothy.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: quietness, and stillness, silence.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| quietness2Th.3:12. | Tagged as
| Where2 Thessalonians 3:12We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their… |
| stillness, silenceAct.22:2, 1Ti.2:11-12 † (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereActs 22:2When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared, |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἡσυχίᾳ2
- ἡσυχίαν.¶1
- ἡσυχίας1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2N-DSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
Acts
one use
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
- ἡσυχίαν.¶hesuchiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: quiet
2 Thessalonians
one use
We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.
- ἡσυχίαςhesuchiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: quietness
1 Timothy
two uses
A woman must learn in quietness and full submissiveness.
- ἡσυχίᾳhesuchianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: quietness
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
- ἡσυχίᾳhesuchianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: quietness
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.