Quiet, Quietness - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Quiet, Quietness
[ A-1,Adjective,G2263, eremos ]quiet, tranquil," occurs in 1 Timothy 2:2, RV, "tranquil" (AV, "quiet"); it indicates tranquillity arising from without.
[ A-2,Adjective,G2272, hesuchios ]
has much the same meaning as No. 1, but indicates "tranquillity arising from within," causing no distrubance to others. It is translated "quiet" in 1 Timothy 2:2, RV (AV, "peaceable"); "quiet" in 1 Peter 3:4, where it is associated with "meek," and is to characterize the spirit or disposition. See PEACEABLE.
[ B-1,Verb,G2270, hesuchazo ]
akin to A, No, 2, "to be still, to live quietly:" See CEASE, A, No. 3.
[ B-2,Verb,G2687, katastello ]
denotes "to quiet:" See APPEASE.
[ B-3,Verb,G2270, hesuchazo ]
akin to A, No, 2, "to be still, to live quietly:" See CEASE, A, No. 3.
[ C-1,Noun,G1515, eirene ]
"peace," is translated "quietness" in Acts 24:2, AV (RV, "peace"). See PEACE
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[ C-2,Noun,G2271, hesuchia ]
akin to A, No. 2, and B. No. 1, denotes "quietness," 2 Thessalonians 3:12; it is so translated in the RV of 1 Timothy 2:11-12 (AV, "silence"); in Acts 22:2, RV, "(they were the more) quiet," AV, "(they kept the more) silence," lit., "they kept quietness the more."