2272. hésuchios
Berean Strong's Lexicon
hésuchios: Quiet, tranquil, peaceful

Original Word: ἡσύχιος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: hésuchios
Pronunciation: hay-SOO-khee-os
Phonetic Spelling: (hay-soo'-khee-os)
Definition: Quiet, tranquil, peaceful
Meaning: quiet, tranquil, peaceful.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek root ἡσυχία (hésuchia), meaning "quietness" or "tranquility."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent to ἡσύχιος, similar concepts can be found in words like שָׁלֵו (shalew, Strong's H7951) meaning "quiet" or "at ease," and שָׁלוֹם (shalom, Strong's H7965) meaning "peace."

Usage: The Greek adjective ἡσύχιος (hésuchios) conveys a sense of quietness, tranquility, or peacefulness. It is used in the New Testament to describe a demeanor or lifestyle characterized by calmness and a lack of disturbance. This term often implies a state of inner peace and composure, which is reflected in outward behavior.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of tranquility was highly valued, often associated with philosophical ideals of inner peace and self-control. In the context of early Christianity, believers were encouraged to lead quiet and peaceful lives as a testimony to their faith and as a means of living harmoniously within their communities. This was particularly important in a time when Christians were often viewed with suspicion and faced persecution.

HELPS Word-studies

2272 hēsýxios (an adjective derived from hēsyxos, "quiet, stillness") – properly, quiet (still), i.e. steady (settled) due to a divinely-inspired inner calmness.

2272/hēsyxios ("calmly quiet") describes being "appropriately tranquil" by not misusing (or overusing) words that would stir up needless friction (destructive commotion).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prol. form of hésuchos (still, quiet)
Definition
tranquil
NASB Translation
quiet (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2272: ἡσύχιος

ἡσύχιος, ἡσυχία, ἡσύχιον ((perhaps akin to ἧμαι to sit, Latinsedatus; cf. Curtius, § 568; Vanicek, p. 77)); from Homer down; quiet, tranquil: 1 Peter 3:4; βίος, 1 Timothy 2:2; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 16, 1.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
peaceable, quiet.

A prolonged form of a compound probably of a derivative of the base of hedraios and perhaps echo; properly, keeping one's seat (sedentary), i.e. (by implication) still (undisturbed, undisturbing) -- peaceable, quiet.

see GREEK hedraios

see GREEK echo

Forms and Transliterations
ησυχιον ησύχιον ἡσύχιον ησυχιου ησυχίου ἡσυχίου πραέως esuchion ēsuchion hesychion hesýchion hēsychion hēsýchion praeos praeōs praéos praéōs
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Englishman's Concordance
1 Timothy 2:2 Adj-AMS
GRK: ἤρεμον καὶ ἡσύχιον βίον διάγωμεν
NAS: a tranquil and quiet life
KJV: a quiet and peaceable life in
INT: a tranquil and quiet life we might lead

1 Peter 3:4 Adj-GNS
GRK: πραέως καὶ ἡσυχίου πνεύματος ὅ
NAS: of a gentle and quiet spirit,
KJV: and quiet spirit,
INT: gentle and quiet spirit which

Strong's Greek 2272
2 Occurrences


ἡσύχιον — 1 Occ.
ἡσυχίου — 1 Occ.

















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