What does ἡσυχία (hēsychía) mean in the Bible?
ἡσυχία (hēsychía): Tranquil state of absence from noise or disturbance, often implying composure or peaceful submission in NT contexts
Greek · G2271
ἡσυχία
ἡσυχία (hēsychía): Tranquil state of absence from noise or disturbance, often implying composure or peaceful submission in NT contexts
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ἡσυχίαG2271
Pronunciationhēsychía
What does ἡσυχία (hēsychía) mean in the Bible?
Full entry for ἡσυχία (G2271) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2271?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include quiet (2), quietly (1), quietness (1).
Where does ἡσυχία (hēsychía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 22:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (2), 2 Thessalonians (1), Acts (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 Itquiet2×Acts 22:2, 1 Timothy 2:12
quietly1×2 Thessalonians 3:12
quietness1×1 Timothy 2:11
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 22:2
Aligned rows4
Books represented3
Acts12 Thessalonians11 Timothy2
Source forms
ἡσυχίᾳ2xhēsychia1 Timothy 2:11, 1 Timothy 2:12
ἡσυχίαν1xhēsychianActs 22:2
ἡσυχίας1xhēsychias2 Thessalonians 3:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular2x1 Timothy 2:11, 1 Timothy 2:12
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xActs 22:2
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular1x2 Thessalonians 3:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Tranquil state of absence from noise or disturbance, often implying composure or peaceful submission in NT contexts
Strong'sG2271
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study link1 Timothy 2:8-15Source Gloss
quietness
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Tranquil state of absence from noise or disturbance, often implying composure or peaceful submission in NT contexts
(ἡσύχιος, which see), [in LXX for אִישׁוֹן, שָׁלֵו, etc. ;]
1quietness: 2Th.3:12.
2stillness, silence: Act.22:2, 1Ti.2:11-12
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 22:2Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἡσυχίαν.hsucian
quietness, silence
Read verse2 Thessalonians 3:12Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἡσυχίαςhsuciav
quietness, silence
Read verse1 Timothy 2:11Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἡσυχίᾳhsucia
quietness, silence
Read verse1 Timothy 2:12Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἡσυχίᾳ.hsucia
quietness, silence
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternDative (2)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine2 Thess 3:121×
Dative · Singular · Feminine1 Tim 2:11 · 1 Tim 2:122×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineActs 22:21×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Tranquil demeanor, settledness rather than silence in every sense.
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἡσυχία is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
The emphasis is on peaceful order and receptivity to instruction, not on absolute muteness.1 Timothy 2:8-15