- ἡσυχία
- ἡσυχία, ας, ἡ (s. prec. entry; Hom.+).① state of quietness without disturbance, quietness, rest (Diod S 4, 2, 2 opp. to accompaniment of thunder and lightning; 16, 13, 2 without any fanfare; 18, 9, 3 without experiencing disturbance; Diog. L. 9, 21 of a quiet scholar’s life w. implied contrast of being engaged in public affairs; Pind., P. 1, 70 σύμφωνον ἐς ἁσυχίαν ‘to harmonious peace’ among citizens; Jos., Ant. 18, 245 opp. bustle of city life) w. πραότης Hm 5, 2, 6 (TestAbr A 1 p. 77, 3 [Stone p. 2]). Of living in a way that does not cause disturbance (Mel., HE 4, 26, 6) 2 Th 3:12 (cp. ἀτάκτως vs. 11 and juxtaposition of ἀτακτεῖν and ἡσυχία Sotades 6, 8f [Coll. Alex. p. 241]; μετὰ ἡσυχίας as in Diod S [s. above] and SIG 1109, 64f of an injunction to bit-players in a cultic drama not to overplay or ‘ham it up’; UPZ 8, 17 [161 B.C.]; BGU 614; Sir 28:16). ἡσυχίαν ἔχειν ἀπό τινος have respite from someth. ApcPt 17:32.② state of saying nothing or very little, silence (Pla., Ep. 2, 312c; Pr 11:12; Philo, Rer. Div. Her. 14; Jos., Ant. 3, 67) IEph 15:2. ἐν ἡς. in silence (Philo, Somn. 2, 263) 1 Ti 2:11f; IEph 19:1. παρέχειν ἡσυχίαν quiet down, give a hearing (cp. Jos., Ant. 5, 235; cp. Just., D. 115, 5 ἡσυχίαν ἠγάγετε) Ac 22:2 (is it prob. that here such concepts as ‘reverence’, ‘devotion’, ‘respect’ may have some influence? Cp. Dio Chrys. 68 [18], 10: Herodotus should be read μετὰ πολλῆς ἡσυχίας ‘with much respect’). ἡσυχίας γενομένης 21:40 D (cp. Dio Chrys. 13 [7], 26; Philo, Vi. Cont. 75).—Schmidt, Syn. IV 248–64. DELG s.v. ἥσυχος. M-M. TW. Spicq. Sv.
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