Quiet, Quietness
Quiet, Quietness
“quiet, tranquil,” occurs in 1Ti 2:2, RV, “tranquil” (AV, “quiet”); it indicates tranquillity arising from without.
has much the same meaning as No. 1, but indicates “tranquillity arising from within,” causing no distrubance to others. It is translated “quiet” in 1Ti 2:2, RV (AV, “peaceable”); “quiet” in 1Pe 3:4, where it is associated with “meek,” and is to characterize the spirit or disposition. See PEACEABLE.
akin to A, No, 2, “to be still, to live quietly:” see CEASE, A, No. 3.
denotes “to quiet:” see APPEASE.
akin to A, No, 2, “to be still, to live quietly:” see CEASE, A, No. 3.
“peace,” is translated “quietness” in Act 24:2, AV (RV, “peace”). See PEACE (e).
akin to A, No. 2, and B. No. 1, denotes “quietness,” 2Th 3:12; it is so translated in the RV of 1Ti 2:11-12 (AV, “silence”); in Act 22:2, RV, “(they were the more) quiet,” AV, “(they kept the more) silence,” lit., “they kept quietness the more.”