Lexical Definition

‎שָׁקַט‎ shâqaṭ (shaw-kat') to quiet ^H:V
a primitive root

appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.

• to repose (usually figurative)

1) to be quiet, be tranquil, be at peace, be quiet, rest, lie still, be undisturbed
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be quiet, be undisturbed
1a1a) to be at peace (of land)
1a2) to be quiet, be inactive
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to show quietness
1b1a) quietness, display of quietness (subst)
1b2) to quiet, be quiet
1b3) to cause quietness, pacify, allay

See Greek: ἀνάπαυσις · ἀναπαύω · ἀνίημι · ἀσφάλεια · εἰρηνεύω · εἰρήνη · ἡσυχάζω · ἡσυχία · καταπαύω · κοπάζω · παρέχω · πείθω · σπαταλάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁקַט‎ verb be quiet, undisturbed (ᵑ7 ‎שְׁקַט‎ (rare); Late Hebrew ‎שׁקט‎ is sink down; Arabic is drop down); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ‎׳‎‎וְשׁ‎ Jer 30:10; Jer 46:27, 3 feminine singular ‎שָֽׁקְטָה‎ Josh 11:23 +, ‎שָׁקָ֑טָה‎ 2Kgs 11:20 +; 1 singular ‎שָׁקַ֫טְתִּי‎ Job 3:26, ‎וְשָׁקַטְתִּ֫י‎ Ezek 16:42 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשְׁקֹט‎ Ruth 3:18 2 feminine singular ‎תְּשְׁקֹ֑טִי‎ Jer 47:6; Jer 47:7 1 singular ‎אֶשְׁקוֺט‎ Isa 62:1; Job 3:13, ‎אשׁקוטה‎ Isa 18:4 Kt, Qr ‎אֶשְָׁקָטָה‎ (Ges^{«GKC:10h»§§ 10h}, «GKC:48c»48c); Participle ‎שֹׁקֵט‎ Judg 18:7 +, feminine singular ‎שֹׁוֶ֫טֶת‎ 1Chr 4:40, ‎שֹׁקָ֑טֶת‎ Zech 1:11 plural ‎הַשֹּׁקְטִים‎ Ezek 38:11 — be quiet, undisturbed:

1. of land, at peace, absolute Judg 3:11; Judg 3:30; Judg 5:31; Judg 8:28; Isa 14:7 (+‎נָ֫חָה‎), 2Chr 13:23* +‎מִמִּלְחָמָה‎ Josh 11:23; Josh 14:15 (D ?), compare vJosh 14:5 (P); ‎וּשְׁלֵוָה‎ ‎׳‎‎וְשׁ‎ 1Chr 4:40 of earth, ‎׳‎‎ישֶׁבֶת וְשׁ‎ Zech 1:11 absolute of city 2Kgs 11:20 = 2Chr 23:21, kingdom 2Chr 20:30, +‎לִפְנֵי‎ person 2Chr 14:4* of people, ‎וּבֹטֵחַ‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ in peace and security Judg 18:7; Judg 18:27, ‎הַשֹּׁקְטִים ישְׁבֵי לָבֶ֑טַח‎ Ezek 38:11 +‎שַׁאֲנַן‎ Jer 30:10 = Jer 46:27 of Moab, ‎שַׁאֲנַןוְ֗֗֗שֹׁקֵט‎ ‎אֶלשְֿׁמָרָיו‎ Jer 48:11 undisturbed upon its lees (figurative of wine); of Job, quiet in death Job 3:13, be at rest (from apprehensions of evil) vJob 3:26 (+‎שָׁלַוְתִּי‎, ‎נָ֫חְתִּי‎).

2. be quiet, inactive: of ‎׳‎‎וְאַבִּיטָהי֔‎ Isa 18:4 I will be quiet and gaze, i.e. gaze as an inactive spectator, Ps 83:2* (|| ‎דמה‎, ‎חרשׁ‎ be silent); = be pacified Ezek 16:42 of sword of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Jer 47:6; Jer 47:7 of Boaz Ruth 3:18 he will not be quiet until he has finished the matter; of prophet Isa 62:1 (|| ‎חָשָׁה‎ be silent). Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַשְׁקִיט‎ Prov 15:18, ‎יַשְׁקִט‎ Job 34:29 Imperative masculine singular ‎הַשְׁקֵט‎ Isa 7:4 Infinitive absolute ‎הַשְׁקֵט‎ Isa 32:17 +; construct ‎הַשְׁקִיט‎ Ps 94:13, ‎קִט‎- Job 37:17, ‎קֵט‎- Isa 57:20; Jer 49:23 —

1. shew quietness (inner causative), of men Isa 7:4 (+‎אַלתִּֿירָא‎), of sea Isa 57:20 = Jer 49:23, earth Job 37:17 ( +‎מִדָּרוֺם‎); hence Infinitive absolute = substantive, quietness, display of quietness Isa 30:15, ‎עֲבֹדַת הַצְּדָקָה הַשְׁקֵט וָבֶ֫טַח‎ Isa 32:17 the product of righteousness is quietness and security (Du Che^Hpt Marti strike out ‎׳‎‎הַצּ‎ as dittograph from v^a, read ‎הַמִּשְׁפָּט‎ for ‎הַשְׁקֵט‎, and strike out ‎וָ‎: the product of justice is security); (presumptuous) security, ‎שַׁלְוַת הַשְׁקֵט‎ Ezek 16:49 (of Sodom).

2. cause quietness: subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ Job 34:29, ‎לְהַשְׁקִיט לוֺ מִימֵי רָ֑ע‎ Ps 94:13 pacify, allay, object ‎רִיב‎ Prov 15:18.

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