Dictionary entry

ἡσυχάζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἡσυχάζω

[in LXX chiefly for שׁקט;]

to be still;

(a) to rest from labour: Lk 23:56;

(b) to live quietly: I Th 4:11;

(c) to be silent: Lk 14:3, Ac 11:18 21:14 (cf. Jb 32:7, Ne 5:8).†

SYN.: σιγάω (q.v.), σιωπάω.