# G2270 ἡσυχάζω

ἡσυχάζω (hēsycházō), Strong’s G2270: to keep still (intransitively), i.e. refrain from labor, meddlesomeness or speech KJV: cease, hold peace, be quiet, rest. Occurs 46 times.

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*hēsycházō* — to keep still (intransitively), i.e. refrain from labor, meddlesomeness or speech

KJV: cease, hold peace, be quiet, rest

Derived from [ἡσύχιος hēsýchios](https://besorah.bible/word/G2272) (keeping one's seat)

Occurs 46 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Luke 14:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/14?v=4) — But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
- [Acts 11:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/11?v=18) — When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the…
- [Acts 21:14](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/21?v=14) — When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, “The Lord’s will be done.”
- [1 Thessalonians 4:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-thessalonians/4?v=11) — and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands…
- [1 Maccabees 1:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/1?v=3) — went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of a multitude of nations. The earth was quiet before him. He…
- [1 Maccabees 7:50](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/7?v=50) — So the land of Judah had rest a few days.
- [1 Maccabees 9:57](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/9?v=57) — Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead, and he returned to the king. Then the land of Judah had rest for two years.
- [1 Maccabees 11:38](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/11?v=38) — When King Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before him, and that no resistance was made to him, he sent away all…
- [1 Maccabees 11:52](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/11?v=52) — So King Demetrius sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was quiet before him.
- [1 Maccabees 14:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/14?v=4) — The land had rest all the days of Simon. He sought the good of his nation. His authority and his honor was pleasing to…