What does ἡσυχάζω (hēsycházō) mean in the Bible?
ἡσυχάζω (hēsycházō): Means rest from activity or labor, distinctly different from σιγάω which specifically means being silent.
Greek · G2270
ἡσυχάζω
Be quiet/give up
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ἡσυχάζω G2270
Pronunciation hēsycházō
What does ἡσυχάζω (hēsycházō) mean in the Bible?
ἡσυχάζω (hēsycházō): Means rest from activity or labor, distinctly different from σιγάω which specifically means being silent.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2270?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include they had no further [objections] (1), they remained silent (1), they rested (1), to live quietly (1), we quieted down (1).
Where does ἡσυχάζω (hēsycházō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 14:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Luke (2), 1 Thessalonians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It they had no further [objections] 1× Acts 11:18
they remained silent 1× Luke 14:4
they rested 1× Luke 23:56
to live quietly 1× 1 Thessalonians 4:11
we quieted down 1× Acts 21:14
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 14:4 ἡσύχασαν to they remained silent Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Luke 23:56 ἡσύχασαν to they rested Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Acts 11:18 ἡσύχασαν to they had no further [objections] Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Acts 21:14 ἡσυχάσαμεν to we quieted down Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural 1 Thessalonians 4:11 ἡσυχάζειν to to live quietly Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 14:4
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Luke 2 Acts 2 1 Thessalonians 1
Source forms
ἡσύχασαν 3x hēsychasan Luke 14:4, Luke 23:56, Acts 11:18
ἡσυχάζειν 1x hēsychazein 1 Thessalonians 4:11
ἡσυχάσαμεν 1x hēsychasamen Acts 21:14
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 3x Luke 14:4, Luke 23:56, Acts 11:18
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural 1x Acts 21:14
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x 1 Thessalonians 4:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Means rest from activity or labor, distinctly different from σιγάω which specifically means being silent.
Strong's G2270
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
be quiet/give up
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Means rest from activity or labor, distinctly different from σιγάω which specifically means being silent.
to be still;
ato rest from labour: Luk.23:56;
bto live quietly: 1Th.4:11; __(with) to be silent: Luk.14:3, Act.11:18 21:14 (cf. Job.32:7, Neh.5:8).
Synonymsσιγάω (which see), σιωπάω
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 14:4 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἡσύχασαν. hsucasan
I rest, am silent, live quietly
Read verse Luke 23:56 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἡσύχασαν hsucasan
I rest, am silent, live quietly
Read verse Acts 11:18 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἡσύχασαν, hsucasan
I rest, am silent, live quietly
Read verse Acts 21:14 Verb First Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἡσυχάσαμεν hsucasamen
I rest, am silent, live quietly
Read verse 1 Thessalonians 4:11 Verb Present Active Infinitive
ἡσυχάζειν, hsucazein
I rest, am silent, live quietly
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 5 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Aorist Active Luke 14:4 · Luke 23:56 · Acts 11:18 · Acts 21:14 4×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active 1 Thess 4:11 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 4 present 1
Voice
active 5
Mood
indicative 4 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 23:50–56 ἡσύχασαν hēsycházō
They rested
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἡσυχάζω is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain