ἡσύχιος
hēsýchios
“properly, keeping one's seat (sedentary), i.e. (by implication) still (undisturbed, undisturbing)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
properly, keeping one's seat (sedentary), i.e. (by implication) still (undisturbed, undisturbing)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
quiet, tranquil, peaceful, 1 Tim. 2:2; 1 Pet. 3:4*
Translated in KJV as
peaceablequiet
Etymology
a prolonged form of a compound probably of a derivative of the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος) and perhaps G2192 (ἔχω);
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