שָׁקַט shaqat

Hebrew word for “to quiet” · Strong’s H8252 · used 41 times in 41 verses

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Meaning

1) to be quiet, be tranquil, be at peace, be quiet, rest, lie still, be undisturbed;

How it is translated

Glosses given for shaqat in context, with how often each is used:

• peace 17
• quiet 3
• will be at peace 2
• will remain quiet 2
• will be undisturbed 2
• may be at peace 1
• will keep quiet 1
• when is still 1
• inactive 1
• give quiet 1
• makes quiet 1
• show quietness 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Chronicles 14 (3), Judges 3 (2), Judges 18 (2), Job 3 (2), Jeremiah 47 (2), Ezekiel 16 (2), Joshua 11 (1), Joshua 14 (1), Judges 5 (1), Judges 8 (1)

Forms

• שׁקטה 7
• ותשׁקט 6
• השׁקט 4
• ושׁקט 3
• שׁקט 2
• ישׁקט 2
• ושׁקטת 2
• בהשׁקט 2
• תשׁקטי 2
• ואשׁקוט 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shaqat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נוּחַ nuach “to rest” 6
• שָׁאַן shaan “to rest” 3
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 6
• עִיר ir “city” 6
• בֶּטַח betach “security” 3
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 5
• יָרֵא yare “to fear” 4
• רָחֹק rachoq “distant” 3
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 4
• לַיִשׁ layish “Laish” 2
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 5
• אַרְבָּעִים arbaim “forty” 3

Key verses

The verses using shaqat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Joshua 11:23 — So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions…
• Judges 5:31 — So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
• Job 34:29 — When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a…
• Proverbs 15:18 — A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
• Isaiah 30:15 — For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye…
• Isaiah 32:17 — And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
• Isaiah 62:1 — For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation…
• Jeremiah 30:10 — Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of…
• Jeremiah 46:27 — But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their…
• Jeremiah 47:6 — O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
• Jeremiah 49:23 — Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
• Ezekiel 16:49 — Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.