STEP Greek Lexicon: ἡσυχάζω

ἡσυχάζω

[in LXX chiefly for שָׁקַט ;]

to be still;

__(a) to rest from labour: Luk.23:56;

__(b) to live quietly: 1Th.4:11;

__(with) to be silent: Luk.14:3, Act.11:18 21:14 (cf. Job.32:7, Neh.5:8).†

SYN.: σιγάω (which see), σιωπάω (AS)