Hebrew verb · H8252
שָׁקַט
shaqatshaw-kat'
to quiet
41 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâqaṭ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8252is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 33spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8252
to repose (usually figurative)
The King James renders it: appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
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
shaqat is rendered "to quiet". It stands 41 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Joshua 11:23So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-three different ways.
The first use
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
Joshua 11:23שָׁקְטָ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in thirteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and it was at peace6
- it was at peace6
- and he will be undisturbed2
- and undisturbed2
- at peace2
- I will remain quiet2
- quietness2
- to be quiet2
- and at peace1
- and I may be at peace1
- and I will be at peace1
- and it was quiet1
and 13 more, 41 uses in all
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁקָה | shaqah | to water: watering | Uses61 |
| שָׁקַל | shaqal | to weigh | Uses22 |
| שָׁקַף | shaqaph | to look | Uses22 |
| שָׁקַד | shaqad | to watch | Uses12 |
| שָׁקַץ | shaqats | to detest | Uses7 |
| שָׁקַד | shaqad | be almond shaped | Uses6 |
| שָׁקַע | shaqa | to sink | Uses6 |
| שָׁקַק | shaqaq | to rush | Uses6 |
| שָׁקַר | shaqar | to deal | Uses6 |
| שָׁקֵד | shaqed | almond | Uses4 |
| שָׁקֻף | shaquph | frame | Uses2 |
| שָׁק | shaq | leg | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 41, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
33 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
- וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט5
- שָׁקְטָ֖ה3
- וְשָׁקַ֥ט2
- שָׁקָ֑טָה2
- אֶשְׁק֑וֹט1
- אֶשְׁקֳטָ֖ה1
- בְּהַשְׁקִ֥ט1
- בְּהַשְׁקֵט֙1
- הַשְׁקֵ֥ט1
- הַשְׁקֵט֙1
- הַשְׁקֵ֖ט1
- הַשְׁקֵ֗ט1
and 21 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular7HVqp3fs
- Hc/Vqw3fs6Hc/Vqw3fs
- verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute4HVhaa
- Hc/Vqq3ms2Hc/Vqq3ms
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vhcc
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVhi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singular2HVqi2fs
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Vhv2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/Vqp3fs
- Hc/Vqq1cs1Hc/Vqq1cs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular1HC/Vqrfsa
Joshua
two uses
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
- שָׁקְטָ֖הshaketahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was at peace
(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
- שָׁקְטָ֖הshaketahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was at peace
Judges
six uses
So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥טvatishkotHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was at peace
So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
- וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥טvatishkotHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was at peace
So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
- וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥טvatishkotHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was at peace
In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
- וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥טvatishkotHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was at peace
So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
- שֹׁקֵ֣ט׀shoketverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: at peace
After they had taken Micah’s idols and his priest, they went to Laish, to a tranquil and unsuspecting people, and they struck them with their swords and burned down the city.
- שֹׁקֵ֣טshoketverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: at peace
Ruth
one use
“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
- יִשְׁקֹט֙yishkotverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be at peace
2 Kings
one use
and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword at the royal palace.
- שָׁקָ֑טָהshakatahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was at peace
1 Chronicles
one use
There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.
- וְשֹׁקֶ֖טֶתveshoketetconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and at peace
2 Chronicles
five uses
Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.
- שָׁקְטָ֥הshaketahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was at peace
He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
- וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥טvatishkotHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was at peace
Because the land was at peace, Asa built fortified cities in Judah. In those days no one made war with him, because the LORD had given him rest.
- שָׁקְטָ֣הshaketahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was at peace
Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.
- וַתִּשְׁקֹ֖טvatishkotHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was at peace
and all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city was quiet, because Athaliah had been put to the sword.
- שָׁקָ֑טָהshakatahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it was at peace
Job
four uses
For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
- וְאֶשְׁק֑וֹטveeshkotHC/Vqu1cstagged: and I may be at peace
I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
- שָׁקַ֥טְתִּיshakativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am at peace
But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
- יַשְׁקִ֨ט׀yashkitverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will keep quiet
You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
- בְּהַשְׁקִ֥טbehashkitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when is still
Psalms
three uses
From heaven You pronounced judgment, and the earth feared and was still
- וְשָׁקָֽטָה׃veshakatahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and it was quiet
O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
- תִּשְׁקֹ֣טtishkotverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you be inactive
to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
- לְהַשְׁקִ֣יטlehashkitpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to give quiet
Proverbs
one use
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- יַשְׁקִ֥יטyashkitverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he makes quiet
Isaiah
seven uses
and say to him: Calm down and be quiet. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewood—over the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
- וְהַשְׁקֵ֜טvehashketconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and show quietness
All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.
- שָׁקְטָ֖הshaketahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is at peace
For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
- אֶשְׁקֳטָ֖הʾeshkotahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will remain quiet
For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”
- בְּהַשְׁקֵט֙behashketpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: in being quiet
The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
- הַשְׁקֵ֥טhashketverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: quietness
But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
- הַשְׁקֵט֙hashketverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: to be quiet
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
- אֶשְׁק֑וֹטʾeshkotverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will remain quiet
Jeremiah
six uses
As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
- וְשָׁקַ֥טveshakatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be undisturbed
But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
- וְשָׁקַ֥טveshakatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will be undisturbed
‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
- תִשְׁקֹ֑טִיtishkotiverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will be inactive
How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”
- תִּשְׁקֹ֔טִיtishkotiverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: will you be inactive
Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
- וְשֹׁקֵ֥טveshoketconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and undisturbed
Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.
- הַשְׁקֵ֖טhashketverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: to be quiet
Ezekiel
three uses
So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.
- וְשָׁ֣קַטְתִּ֔יveshakatiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will be at peace
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
- הַשְׁקֵ֗טhashketverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: quietness
You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will come against a tranquil people who dwell securely, all of them living without walls or bars or gates—
- הַשֹּׁ֣קְטִ֔יםhashoketimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: those at peace
Zechariah
one use
And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”
- וְשֹׁקָֽטֶת׃veshokatetconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: and undisturbed
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.
