γαλήνη
galḗnē · G1055 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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A calm or unruffled surface of a body of water (a calm (in contrast with a storm over water))
ExamplesMark 4:39 And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.
Luke 8:24 They came up to Jesus and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- μέγαςgreat, large 2
What it doesIt is the subject
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 3
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἡσυχία hēsychía · G2271 · quiet circumstances, undisturbed life, silence
- Greek noun for quietness/stillness; overlaps with γαλήνη in the broad semantic field of calm, but ἡσυχία denotes personal stillness or social quietness (desistance from bustle or language) rather than meteorological calm
Contrasting words 3 words
- χειμών cheimṓn · G5494 · winter, bad weather, stormy weather
- Greek noun for storm/tempest; lexical opposite of γαλήνη (calm) in meteorological contexts, particularly describing stormy conditions over water versus tranquil conditions
- σεισμός seismós · G4578 · earthquake, storm on the sea
- Greek noun for earthquake or violent shaking; when referring to meteorological commotion (a gale), functions as opposite of γαλήνη (calm)
- κλύδων klýdōn · G2830 · wave, billow, surge
- Greek noun for wave/surge of the sea; represents the agitated water conditions that are the opposite of γαλήνη (calm sea)
In the other Testament 2 words
- שָׁקַט shâqaṭ · H8252 · to be quiet, to be still
- Hebrew verb for being quiet/tranquil, used of calming seas and peaceful conditions; direct translation equivalent for the state of calm denoted by γαλήνη
- דְּמָמָה dᵉmâmâh · H1827 · silence, whisper
- Hebrew noun for calm/stillness, can describe atmospheric calm; close semantic equivalent to the tranquil state γαλήνη denotes
Semantic domains 1 entry
- A calm (in contrast with a storm over water).14.23
- Used of the sudden stilling of a storm, as of the great calm that follows when Jesus rebukes the wind and sea in Matthew 8:26, Mark 4:39, and Luke 8:24.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon γαληνης, ἡ (adjective ὁ, ἡ, γαληνός calm, cheerful), calmness, stillness of the sea, a…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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