King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2272
Transliteration: hēsychios
Phonetic Spelling: (hay-soo'-khee-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: tranquil
Meaning: tranquil
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.
Word Summary
hēsychios: tranquil
Original Word: ἡσύχιοςTransliteration: hēsychios
Phonetic Spelling: (hay-soo'-khee-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: tranquil
Meaning: tranquil
Strong's 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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2272: ἡσύχιοςἡσύχιος, 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.