Word study · Greek

hēsychía

quietness

Say it: hay-soo-KHEE-ah (approximate)

ἡσυχία

What it means

Quietness, calm, silence. In 3:12, "that with quietness they work and eat their own bread." In 1 Timothy 2:11-12, it is quietness in learning.

Range of meaning

  • QuietnessCalm.
  • PeacefulnessWithout commotion.

In 2 Thessalonians

  • Chapter 3

    "That with quietness they work" (3:12).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G2271 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources