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Quiet, Quietness
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "quiet, tranquil," occurs in 1 Timothy 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 1 Timothy 2:2 , RV (AV, "peaceable"); "quiet" in 1 Peter 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 Acts 24:2 , AV (RV, "peace"). See PEACE (e).
akin to A, No. 2, and B. No. 1, denotes "quietness," 2 Thessalonians 3:12; it is so translated in the RV of 1 Timothy 2:11,12 (AV, "silence"); in Acts 22:2 , RV, "(they were the more) quiet," AV, "(they kept the more) silence," lit., "they kept quietness the more."
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Quiet, Quietness'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/q/quiet-quietness.html. 1940.
