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שָׁקַט
shâqaṭ · Hebrew · Strong's H8252 · 41 occurrences
The KJV renders 39 different Hebrew and Greek words as “give”
What it means
to repose (usually figurative)
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
appease, idleness, be at, be in, give quiet, give, have, take rest, settle, be still
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“give”
also renders chorēgéō (G5524), pareisphérō (G3923), poiéō (G4160), martyréō (G3140), metadídōmi (G3330), dōréomai (G1433), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), symbouleúō (G4823), apodídōmi (G591), aponémō (G632), diatássō (G1299), anapaúō (G373), kataphérō (G2702), epidídōmi (G1929), paréchō (G3930), charízomai (G5483), diadídōmi (G1239), apodekatóō (G586), bîyn (H995), gâdal (H1431), dâbar (H1696), hâlal (H1984), hâphak (H2015), châlaq (H2505), chânan (H2603), yâhab (H3051), yᵉhab (H3052), yâṭab (H3190), yânaq (H3243), yâʻats (H3289), mâʻaṭ (H4591), nûwach (H5117), ʻâbar (H5674), râbâh (H7235), râgaʻ (H7280), rûwm (H7311), sûwm (H7761)
“have”
also renders aphíēmi (G863), lambánō (G2983), synanamígnymi (G4874), poiéō (G4160), gínomai (G1096), elpízō (G1679), katéchō (G2722), epiginṓskō (G1921), échō (G2192), perisseúō (G4052), apéchō (G568), metalambánō (G3335), antibállō (G474), ʼîythay (H383), baʻal (H1167), chăzâʼ (H2370), châlaq (H2505), châphêts (H2654), yâdaʻ (H3045), yâchal (H3176), mârar (H4843), mâshal (H4910), nûwach (H5117), nâchal (H5157), ʻâmaq (H6009), râbâh (H7235), râcham (H7355), râʻêb (H7456), râtsâh (H7521), sâkal (H7919), sâmach (H8055)
“be still”
“be in”
also renders mârar (H4843), tsârar (H6887)
“appease”
also renders katastéllō (G2687)
“idleness”
also renders ʻatslûwth (H6104)
“take rest”
also renders anapaúō (G373)
Where it appears
41 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
1 Chronicles 4:40 · HC/Vqrfsa
They found rich, good pasture, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful, for those who lived there before were descended from Ham.
2 Chronicles 14:1 · HVqp3fs
So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days, the land was quiet ten years.
2 Chronicles 14:5 · HC/Vqw3fs
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.
2 Chronicles 14:6 · HVqp3fs
He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.
2 Chronicles 20:30 · HC/Vqw3fs
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
2 Chronicles 23:21 · HVqp3fs
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword.
2 Kings 11:20 HVqp3fsEzekiel 16:42 HC/Vqq1csEzekiel 16:49 HVhaEzekiel 38:11 HTd/VqrmpaIsaiah 7:4 HC/Vhv2msIsaiah 14:7 HVqp3fsIsaiah 18:4 HVqh1csIsaiah 30:15 HR/VhcIsaiah 32:17 HVhaIsaiah 57:20 HVhaIsaiah 62:1 HVqi1csJudges 3:11 HC/Vqw3fsJudges 3:30 HC/Vqw3fsJudges 5:31 HC/Vqw3fsJudges 8:28 HC/Vqw3fsJudges 18:7 HVqrmsaJudges 18:27 HVqrmsaJeremiah 30:10 HC/Vqq3msJeremiah 46:27 HC/Vqq3msJeremiah 47:6 HVqi2fsJeremiah 47:7 HVqi2fsJeremiah 48:11 HC/VqrmsaJeremiah 49:23 HVhaJob 3:13 HC/Vqi1csJob 3:26 HVqp1csJob 34:29 HVhi3msJob 37:17 HR/VhcJoshua 11:23 HVqp3fsJoshua 14:15 HVqp3fsProverbs 15:18 HVhi3msPsalm 76:8 HC/Vqp3fsPsalm 83:1 HVqj2msPsalm 94:13 HR/VhcRuth 3:18 HVqi3msZechariah 1:11 HC/Vqrfsa
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