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Strong's #2271: hesuchia (pronounced hay-soo-khee'-ah)

feminine of 2272; (as noun) stillness, i.e. desistance from bustle or language:--quietness, silence.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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hēsuchia

1) quietness

1a) description of the life of one who stays at home doing his own work, and does not officiously meddle with the affairs of others

2) silence

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from G2272




Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

Acts 22:2: "to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)"
2 Thessalonians 3:12: "Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread."
1 Timothy 2:11: "Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection."
1 Timothy 2:12: "but to be in silence."









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