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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 33
    spellings

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.

The other 26 Old Testament books never use the word.

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.

שָׁקָהshaqahto water: wateringUses61
שָׁקַלshaqalto weighUses22
שָׁקַףshaqaphto lookUses22
שָׁקַדshaqadto watchUses12
שָׁקַץshaqatsto detestUses7
שָׁקַדshaqadbe almond shapedUses6
שָׁקַעshaqato sinkUses6
שָׁקַקshaqaqto rushUses6
שָׁקַרshaqarto dealUses6
שָׁקֵדshaqedalmondUses4
שָׁקֻףshaquphframeUses2
שָׁקshaqlegUses1

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.

    Joshua 11:23

    • 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.

    Joshua 14:15

    • 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.

    Judges 3:11

    • 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.

    Judges 3:30

    • 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.

    Judges 5:31

    • 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,

    Judges 8:28

    • 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.

    Judges 18:7

    • 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.

    Judges 18:27

    • 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.”

    Ruth 3:18

    • 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.

    2 Kings 11:20

    • 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.

    1 Chronicles 4:40

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 14:1

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 14:5

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 14:6

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 20:30

    • 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.

    2 Chronicles 23:21

    • 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

    Job 3:13

    • וְאֶשְׁק֑וֹטveeshkotHC/Vqu1cstagged: and I may be at peace
  • I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

    Job 3:26

    • 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,

    Job 34:29

    • 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,

    Job 37:17

    • 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

    Psalms 76:8

    • 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.

    Psalms 83:1

    • 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.

    Psalms 94:13

    • 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.

    Proverbs 15:18

    • 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.

    Isaiah 7:4

    • 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.

    Isaiah 14:7

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 18:4

    • 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.”

    Isaiah 30:15

    • 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.

    Isaiah 32:17

    • 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.

    Isaiah 57:20

    • 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.

    Isaiah 62:1

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 30:10

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 46:27

    • 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!’

    Jeremiah 47:6

    • 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.”

    Jeremiah 47:7

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 48:11

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 49:23

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 16:42

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 16:49

    • 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—

    Ezekiel 38:11

    • 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.”

    Zechariah 1:11

    • וְשֹׁקָֽטֶת׃veshokatetconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: and undisturbed

The letters

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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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