שֶׁקֶט
sheqeṭ · H8253 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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quiet, security
State of feeling confident and calm
Examples1 Chronicles 22:9 ‘Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
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 2 words
- שַׁלְוָה shalvâh · H7962 · ease, peace, complacence
- Hebrew noun denoting ease, security, and tranquility; closely related to the sense of quietness and peaceful rest but emphasizes the security aspect
- מְנוּחָה mᵉnûwchâh · H4496 · rest, peace of mind, peace
- Hebrew noun for rest or resting place; overlaps with שֶׁקֶט in conveying a state of rest and quietness, though מְנוּחָה more often refers to physical rest or a place of rest
Contrasting words 2 words
- מְהוּמָה mᵉhûwmâh · H4103 · consternation
- Hebrew noun denoting tumult, confusion, and disturbance; direct lexical opposite of quietness, representing agitation and disorder versus calm and peace
- רֹגֶז rôgez · H7267 · turmoil, excitement, anger
- Hebrew noun for agitation, turmoil, and tumult; lexical opposite of quietness, denoting disturbance and unrest
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἡσυχία hēsychía · G2271 · quiet circumstances, undisturbed life, silence
- Greek noun denoting quietness, tranquility, and peaceful rest; direct translation equivalent for Hebrew שֶׁקֶט in contexts describing a state of calm or peaceful stillness
- ἀνάπαυσις anápausis · G372 · to cease, to stop, rest
- Greek noun for rest and cessation from labor or trouble; can translate the state of quietness and rest conveyed by שֶׁקֶט
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Confident002001002003
- This noun denotes settled security, as in 1 Chronicles 22:9's promise that Solomon's days would bring peace and quiet to Israel.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8253. sheqet שֶׁ֫קֶט noun [masculine] quietness; — 1Ch 22:9 (+שָׁלוֺם).
שֶׁ֫קֶט noun [masculine] quietness; — 1Ch 22:9 (+שָׁלוֺם).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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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