Words the Bible translates as quietness
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hēsuchiaἡσυχίαquietness: a calm, settled, peaceable manner or state, the opposite of agitation rather than the absence of speech
- shalvahשַׁלְוָהundisturbed quiet: the calm of being safe and comfortable with nothing pressing in, a calm Scripture can either bless or condemn
- 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
- sheliשְׁלִיquietnessnot studied yet
- sheqetשֶׁקֶטquietnessnot studied yet
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