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ἡσυχάζω

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Gloss: be quiet/give up

Transliteration: hēsuchazō

Strong’s: G2270

ἡσυχάζω
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁקַט ;]
to be still;
__(a) to rest from labour: Luk.23:56;
__(b) to live quietly: 1Th.4:11;
__(with) to be silent: Luk.14:3, Act.11:18 21:14 (cf. Job.32:7, Neh.5:8).†
<re>SYN.: σιγάω (which see), σιωπάω </re> (AS)

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