- ἡσυχάζω
- ἡσυχάζω fut. ἡσυχάσω LXX; 1 aor. ἡσύχασα, impv. ἡσύχασον (s. three next entries; Solon, Fgm. 4c, 1 West=4, 5 Diehl; Aeschyl.,Thu. et al.; pap, LXX, Philo, Joseph., Test12Patr) in our lit. only intrans.① to relax from normal activity, rest (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 72 §306; JosAs 10:8 ἐν τῇ κλίνῃ μοὺ; Jos., Ant. 18, 354) 1 Cl 4:5 (Gen 4:7); abstain fr. work (Herodian 7, 5, 3) of the conduct prescribed in the law for the sabbath Lk 23:56 (Neptunianus [II A.D.] ed. WGemoll, Progr. Striegau 1884, 53 the ants are said τὸ σάββατον ἡσυχάζειν κ. σχολὴν ἄγειν).② to live a quiet life or refrain from disturbing activity, be peaceable/orderly (Thu. 1, 120, 3 w. εἰρήνη as synonym and opp. πολεμεῖν; BGU 372 II, 14; PSI 41, 23 σωφρονῖν καὶ ἡσυχάζειν; Philo, Abr. 27). Of conduct that does not disturb the peace. Christian leaders endeavored to keep their members free of anything that might be construed as disturbance of public order: 1 Th 4:11. In a semantically dense statement: w. gen. (for the gen. in connection with verbs expressing cessation, s. Kühner-Gerth II/1, 396) cease from (cp. Job 32:6) τῆς ματαίας στάσεως (here στάσις ‘disorder’ is opp. of ἡσυχία ‘order’, in ref. to corporate congregational life) 1 Cl 63:1.③ to be free from being disturbed, have rest (Diog. L. 3, 21) ἀπό τινος from someth., remain undisturbed 1 Cl 57:7 (Pr 1:33), unless the ἀπό-clause goes w. ἀφόβως, in which case this pass. belongs under mng. 1. False v.l. cod. a ἡσύχαζον for ἀπηλαύνετο GJs 18:3.④ to refrain from saying someth., be quiet, remain silent (Aeschyl., Prom. 327; ViAesopi G 38; Job 32:1; 2 Esdr 15:8; Philo, Somn. 2, 263; Jos., Bell. 3, 263, Ant. 1, 339) Lk 14:4; Ac 11:18; 21:14; 22:2 D (for ἡσυχία).—DELG s.v. ἥσυχος. M-M. TW. Spicq.
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