Words the Bible translates as quiet
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shaqatשָׁקַטto be quiet and undisturbed: to settle into calm and stay free of turmoil
- menuḥahמְנוּחָהrest as a place reached: the settled safety and permanence at the end of a search, from a physical resting place to God's own dwelling
- tamתָּםwhole and complete, with nothing lacking or false in it: sound and entire, and of a person, of undivided integrity
- sha'ananשַׁאֲנָןundisturbed and unafraid: settled in an ease that is either God's gift of safety or a person's own smug indifference
- shalevשָׁלֵוat ease: settled and undisturbed, comfortable enough that nothing feels threatening
- naḥatנַחַתquiet: the settled calm that is left when strain, noise, and hurry stop
+1 more meaning
- a coming down: the downward stroke of something brought down, or what is set down in place
- hēsuchiosἡσύχιοςquietnot studied yet
- katastellōκαταστέλλωto quietnot studied yet
- demiדֳּמִיquietnot studied yet
- ēremosἤρεμοςquietnot studied yet
- rage'aרָגֵעַquiet and peaceable: a settled person who lives calmly and causes no trouble
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