ἡσυχάζω
hēsycházō
“to keep still (intransitively), i.e. refrain from labor, meddlesomeness or speech”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to keep still (intransitively), i.e. refrain from labor, meddlesomeness or speech
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to be still, at rest; to live peaceably, be quiet, 1 Thess. 4:11; to rest from labor, Lk. 23:56; to be silent or quiet, acquiesce, to desist from discussion, Lk. 14:4; Acts 11:18; 21:14*
Translated in KJV as
ceasehold peacebe quietrest
Etymology
from the same as G2272 (ἡσύχιος);
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