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שָׁתַק

shâthaq · H8367 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to be still, to become still

    Process by which stormy waters stop moving

    Examples

    Psalm 107:30 Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He guided them to their desired harbor.

    Jonah 1:11 So they said to him, “What should we do to you so that the sea will become calm for us?”—for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy.

    Jonah 1:12 And he said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm for you, because I know that on account of me this great storm has come upon you.”

  2. to quiet down, to cease

    Process by which violent events quiet down

    Examples

    Proverbs 26:20 For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no gossiper, quarreling quiets down.

How it’s used In 2 roles

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Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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
דָּמַם dâmam · H1826 · to stand still, to be still, to wait
Both denote ceasing or being quiet and still, with substantial overlap in "cease," "be quiet" and "be silent."
Semantic domains 2 entries
Non-Move002002001013
This verb denotes becoming still and calm, as in Jonah 1:12's assurance that the sea will become calm once Jonah is thrown into it.
End002003003010
The verb also denotes strife coming to an end, as in Proverbs 26:20's observation that where there is no gossiper, quarreling quiets down.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8367. shathaq [שָׁתַק] verb be quiet (late) (Late Hebrew id., be silent; Aramaic שְׁתֵיק…
H8367. shathaq
[שָׁתַק] verb be quiet (late) (Late Hebrew id., be silent; Aramaic שְׁתֵיק שְׁתַק,, be quiet, silent (compare also שׁקט)); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular, of sea הַיָּם יִשְׁתֹּק Jon 1:11-12, (followed by מֵעַל), of quarrel, strife Proverbs 26:30; Pro 26:3masculine plural of persons at sea, יִשְׁתֹּ֑קוּ Psa 107:30.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Non-Move3 occurrencesEnd1 occurrence

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

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