Hēsychía — G2271

Definition

feminine noun

(as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language

1. quietness
2. silence

Usually translated as

silence, quietness

Origin

feminine of G2272

• hēsýchios (G2272)

Occurrences

Hēsychía occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), 2 Thessalonians (1), 1 Timothy (2)

• Acts 22:2 — (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence (ἡσυχίαν): and he saith,)
• 2 Thessalonians 3:12 — Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness (ἡσυχίας) they work, and eat their own bread.
• 1 Timothy 2:11 — Let the woman learn in silence (ἡσυχίᾳ) with all subjection.
• 1 Timothy 2:12 — But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence (ἡσυχίᾳ).