Lexicon éremos: quiet Original Word: ἤρεμος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: éremos Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-rem-os) Short Definition: quiet, tranquil Definition: quiet, tranquil. HELPS word-Studies 2263 ḗremos (an adjective) – properly, undisturbed (placid); (figuratively) quiet; free from outward disturbance; tranquil; without needless commotion or disturbances (used only in 1 Tim 2:2). 2263 /ḗremos ("undisturbed") is used of the tranquil lifestyle of someone who is composed ("self-contained, discreet"). [2263 (ḗremos) figuratively refers to being composed (quiet), avoiding what is flamboyant (ostentatious).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definitionquiet NASB Translationtranquil (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2263: ἤρεμοςἤρεμος, ἤρεμον, quiet, tranquil: ἤρεμον καί ἡσύχιον βίον, 1 Timothy 2:2. ( Lucian, trag. 207; Eustathius, Hesychius; comparative ἠρεμεστερος, from an unused ἠρεμης, Xenophon, Cyril 7, 5, 63; more common in the earlier Greek writings is the adverb ἠρέμα. (Cf. Winers Grammar, § 11 at the end; Buttmann, 28 (24).))
Strong's quiet. Perhaps by transposition from eremos (through the idea of stillness); tranquil -- quiet. see GREEK eremos |
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