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hebrew #8252 - שָׁקַט shaqat (to be quiet or undisturbed)


Original Word:שָׁקַט
Transliteration: shaqat
Definition:to be quiet or undisturbed
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(shaw-kat')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

appease, idleness, at, be at, be in, give quietness, be at, be in,

A primitive root; to repose (usually figurative) -- appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.


Englishman's Concordance

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 (substantive)
1b2) to quiet, be quiet
1b3) to cause quietness, pacify, allay
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2453

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שָׁקַטverbbe quiet, undisturbed (ᵑ7שְׁקַט (rare); Late Hebrew שׁקט is sink down; Arabic is drop down); —

QalPerfect3masculine singular consecutive ׳וְשׁJeremiah 30:10; Jeremiah 46:27, 3feminine singular שָֽׁקְטָהJoshua 11:23 +, שָׁקָ֑טָה2 Kings 11:20 +; 1 singular שָׁקַ֫טְתִּיJob 3:26, וְשָׁקַטְתִּ֫יEzekiel 16:42; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁקֹטRuth 3:18; 2feminine singular תְּשְׁקֹ֑טִיJeremiah 47:6,7; 1singular אֶשְׁקוֺטIsaiah 62:1; Job 3:13, אשׁקוטהIsaiah 18:4 Kt, Qr אֶשְָׁקָטָה (Ges§§ 10h, 48c); ParticipleשֹׁקֵטJudges 18:7 +, feminine singular שֹׁוֶ֫טֶת1 Chronicles 4:40, שֹׁקָ֑טֶתZechariah 1:11; plural הַשֹּׁקְטִיםEzekiel 38:11; — be quiet, undisturbed:

1of land, at peace, absolute Judges 3:11,30; Judges 5:31; Judges 8:28; Isaiah 14:7 (+נָ֫חָה), 2 Chron 13:23; +מִמִּלְחָמָהJoshua 11:23; Joshua 14:15 (D ?), compare Joshua 14:5 (P); וּשְׁלֵוָה׳וְשׁ1 Chronicles 4:40; of earth, ׳ישֶׁבֶת וְשׁZechariah 1:11; absolute of city 2 Kings 11:20 2Chronicles 23:21, kingdom 2 Chronicles 20:30, +לִפְנֵי person 2 Chron 14:4; of people, וּבֹטֵחַ׳שׁin peace and securityJudges 18:7,27, הַשֹּׁקְטִים ישְׁבֵי לָבֶ֑טַחEzekiel 38:11; +שַׁאֲנַןJeremiah 30:10=Jeremiah 46:27; of Moab, שַׁאֲנַןוְ֗֗֗שֹׁקֵטאֶלשְֿׁמָרָיוJeremiah 48:11undisturbed upon its lees (figurative of wine); of Job, quiet in death Job 3:13, be at rest (from apprehensions of evil) Job 3:26 (+שָׁלַוְתִּי, נָ֫חְתִּי).

2be quiet, inactive: of ׳וְאַבִּיטָהי֔Isaiah 18:4I will be quiet and gaze, i.e. gaze as an inactive spectator, Psalm 83:2 ("" דמה, חרשׁbe silent);=be pacified Ezekiel 16:42; of sword of ׳יJeremiah 47:6,7; of Boaz Ruth 3:18he will not be quiet until he has finished the matter; of prophet Isaiah 62:1 ("" חָשָׁהbe silent).

Hiph`ilImperfect3masculine singular יַשְׁקִיטProverbs 15:18, יַשְׁקִטJob 34:29; Imperative masculine singular הַשְׁקֵטIsaiah 7:4; Infinitive absoluteהַשְׁקֵטIsaiah 32:17 +; construct הַשְׁקִיטPsalm 94:13, קִט- Job 37:17, קֵט- Isaiah 57:20; Jeremiah 49:23; —

1shew quietness (inner causative), of men Isaiah 7:4 (+אַלתִּֿירָא), of sea Isaiah 57:20=Jeremiah 49:23, earth Job 37:17 ( +מִדָּרוֺם); hence Infinitive absolute=substantive, quietness, display of quietnessIsaiah 30:15, עֲבֹדַת הַצְּדָקָה הַשְׁקֵט וָבֶ֫טַחIsaiah 32:17the product of righteousness is quietness and security (Du CheHpt Marti strike out ׳הַצּ as dittograph from va, read הַמִּשְׁמָּט for הַשְׁקֵט, and strike out וָ: the product of justice is security); (presumptuous) security, שַׁלְוַת הַשְׁקֵטEzekiel 16:49 (of Sodom).

2cause quietness: subject ׳יJob 34:29, לְהַשְׁקִיט לוֺ מִימֵי רָ֑עPsalm 94:13; pacify, allay, object רִיבProverbs 15:18.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8252. שָׁקַט (shaqat) — 41 Occurrences

Joshua 11:23
HEB:לְשִׁבְטֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָאָ֥רֶץ שָׁקְטָ֖ה מִמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ פ
NAS: Thus the land had rest from war.
KJV: And the land rested from war.
INT: their tribes the land had war

Joshua 14:15
HEB:ה֑וּא וְהָאָ֥רֶץ שָׁקְטָ֖ה מִמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ פ
NAS: Then the land had rest from war.
KJV: And the land had rest from war.
INT: he the land had war

Judges 3:11
HEB: וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָאָ֖רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים
NAS: Then the land had rest forty years.
KJV: And the land had rest forty years.
INT:had the land forty

Judges 3:30
HEB:יַ֣ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָאָ֖רֶץ שְׁמוֹנִ֥ים
NAS: And the land was undisturbed for eighty
KJV: And the land had rest fourscore
INT: the hand of Israel was undisturbed and the land eighty

Judges 5:31
HEB:הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ בִּגְבֻרָת֑וֹ וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָאָ֖רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
NAS: And the land was undisturbed for forty
KJV: And the land had rest forty
INT: of the sun might was undisturbed and the land forty

Judges 8:28
HEB:לָשֵׂ֣את רֹאשָׁ֑ם וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָאָ֛רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים
NAS: And the land was undisturbed for forty
KJV: And the country was in quietness forty
INT: lift their heads was undisturbed and the land forty

Judges 18:7
HEB:כְּמִשְׁפַּ֨ט צִדֹנִ֜ים שֹׁקֵ֣ט ׀ וּבֹטֵ֗חַ וְאֵין־
NAS: of the Sidonians, quiet and secure;
KJV: of the Zidonians, quiet and secure;
INT: the manner of the Sidonians quiet and secure there

Judges 18:27
HEB:עַל־ עַם֙ שֹׁקֵ֣ט וּבֹטֵ֔חַ וַיַּכּ֥וּ
NAS: to a people quiet and secure,
KJV: unto a people [that were] at quiet and secure:
INT: unto A people quiet and secure and struck

Ruth 3:18
HEB:כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יִשְׁקֹט֙ הָאִ֔ישׁ כִּֽי־
NAS: out; for the man will not rest until
KJV: for the man will not be in rest, until
INT: for will not rest the man for

2 Kings 11:20
HEB:הָאָ֖רֶץ וְהָעִ֣יר שָׁקָ֑טָה וְאֶת־ עֲתַלְיָ֛הוּ
NAS: and the city was quiet. For they had put
KJV: and the city was in quiet: and they slew
INT: of the land and the city was quiet Athaliah had put

1 Chronicles 4:40
HEB:רַחֲבַ֣ת יָדַ֔יִם וְשֹׁקֶ֖טֶת וּשְׁלֵוָ֑ה כִּ֣י
NAS: was broad and quiet and peaceful;
KJV: [was] wide, and quiet, and peaceable;
INT: was broad able and quiet and peaceful for

2 Chronicles 14:1
HEB:תַּחְתָּ֑יו בְּיָמָ֛יו שָׁקְטָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ עֶ֥שֶׂר
NAS: The land was undisturbed for ten
KJV: the land was quiet ten
INT: his place his days was undisturbed the land ten

2 Chronicles 14:5
HEB:וְאֶת־ הַֽחַמָּנִ֑ים וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה לְפָנָֽיו׃
NAS: And the kingdom was undisturbed under
KJV: and the kingdom was quiet before
INT: the high and the incense was undisturbed and the kingdom under

2 Chronicles 14:6
HEB:בִּיהוּדָ֑ה כִּֽי־ שָׁקְטָ֣ה הָאָ֗רֶץ וְאֵין־
NAS: the land was undisturbed, and there was no one
KJV: for the land had rest, and he had no war
INT: Judah since was undisturbed the land and there

2 Chronicles 20:30
HEB: וַתִּשְׁקֹ֖ט מַלְכ֣וּת יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט
NAS: of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God
KJV: of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God
INT:peace the kingdom of Jehoshaphat

2 Chronicles 23:21
HEB:הָאָ֖רֶץ וְהָעִ֣יר שָׁקָ֑טָה וְאֶת־ עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ
NAS: and the city was quiet. For they had put
KJV: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain
INT: of the land and the city was quiet Athaliah had put

Job 3:13
HEB:עַ֭תָּה שָׁכַ֣בְתִּי וְאֶשְׁק֑וֹט יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי אָ֤ז ׀
NAS: I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept
KJV: For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept:
INT: now have lain and been have slept then

Job 3:26
HEB:שָׁלַ֨וְתִּי ׀ וְלֹ֖א שָׁקַ֥טְתִּי וְֽלֹא־ נָ֗חְתִּי
NAS: nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest,
KJV: I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet;
INT: ease nor quiet nor rest

Job 34:29
HEB: וְה֤וּא יַשְׁקִ֨ט ׀ וּמִ֥י יַרְשִׁ֗עַ
NAS:When He keeps quiet, who
KJV:When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble?
INT: He keeps who trouble

Job 37:17
HEB:בְּגָדֶ֥יךָ חַמִּ֑ים בְּהַשְׁקִ֥ט אֶ֝֗רֶץ מִדָּרֽוֹם׃
NAS: When the land is still because
KJV: [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth
INT: garments are hot is still the land of the south

Psalm 76:8
HEB:אֶ֖רֶץ יָֽרְאָ֣ה וְשָׁקָֽטָה׃
NAS: The earth feared and was still
KJV: the earth feared, and was still,
INT: the earth feared was still

Psalm 83:1
HEB:תֶּחֱרַ֖שׁ וְאַל־ תִּשְׁקֹ֣ט אֵֽל׃
NAS: and, O God, do not be still.
KJV: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
INT: be silent not be still God

Psalm 94:13
HEB: לְהַשְׁקִ֣יט ל֭וֹ מִ֣ימֵי
NAS:That You may grant him relief from the days
KJV:That thou mayest give him rest from the days
INT:you may grant the days of adversity

Proverbs 15:18
HEB:וְאֶ֥רֶך אַ֝פַּ֗יִם יַשְׁקִ֥יט רִֽיב׃
NAS: But the slow to anger calms a dispute.
KJV: to anger appeaseth strife.
INT: the slow to anger calms A dispute

Isaiah 7:4
HEB:אֵ֠לָיו הִשָּׁמֵ֨ר וְהַשְׁקֵ֜ט אַל־ תִּירָ֗א
NAS: to him, 'Take care and be calm, have
KJV: unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear
INT: to him Take and be calm no have

Isaiah 14:7
HEB: נָ֥חָה שָׁקְטָ֖ה כָּל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: is at rest [and] is quiet; They break forth
KJV: is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth
INT: rest is quiet the whole earth

Isaiah 18:4
HEB:[אֶשְׁקֹוטָה כ] (אֶשְׁקֳטָ֖ה ק) וְאַבִּ֣יטָה
NAS: from My dwelling place quietly Like dazzling
KJV: said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider
INT: the LORD about appease will look my dwelling

Isaiah 30:15
HEB:וָנַ֙חַת֙ תִּוָּ֣שֵׁע֔וּן בְּהַשְׁקֵט֙ וּבְבִטְחָ֔ה תִּֽהְיֶ֖ה
NAS: you will be saved, In quietness and trust
KJV: shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence
INT: and rest will be saved quietness and trust become

Isaiah 32:17
HEB:וַֽעֲבֹדַת֙ הַצְּדָקָ֔ה הַשְׁקֵ֥ט וָבֶ֖טַח עַד־
NAS: of righteousness, quietness and confidence
KJV: of righteousness quietness and assurance
INT: and the service of righteousness quietness and confidence for

Isaiah 57:20
HEB:נִגְרָ֑שׁ כִּ֤י הַשְׁקֵט֙ לֹ֣א יוּכָ֔ל
NAS: For it cannot be quiet, And its waters
KJV: when it cannot rest, whose waters
INT: the tossing for be quiet not cannot

Isaiah 62:1
HEB:יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם לֹ֣א אֶשְׁק֑וֹט עַד־ יֵצֵ֤א
NAS: sake I will not keep quiet, Until
KJV: and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness
INT: Jerusalem's I will not keep Until goes

Jeremiah 30:10
HEB:וְשָׁ֧ב יַעֲקֹ֛ב וְשָׁקַ֥ט וְשַׁאֲנַ֖ן וְאֵ֥ין
NAS: will return and will be quiet and at ease,
KJV: shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet,
INT: will return and Jacob and will be quiet ease and no

Jeremiah 46:27
HEB:וְשָׁ֧ב יַעֲק֛וֹב וְשָׁקַ֥ט וְשַׁאֲנַ֖ן וְאֵ֥ין
NAS: will return and be undisturbed And secure,
KJV: shall return, and be in rest and at ease,
INT: will return and Jacob and be undisturbed and secure no

Jeremiah 47:6
HEB:אָ֖נָה לֹ֣א תִשְׁקֹ֑טִי הֵאָֽסְפִי֙ אַל־
NAS: long will you not be quiet? Withdraw
KJV: how long [will it be] ere thou be quiet? put up
INT: How ere thou be quiet up into

Jeremiah 47:7
HEB: אֵ֣יךְ תִּשְׁקֹ֔טִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה צִוָּה־
NAS: How can it be quiet, When the LORD
KJV:How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD
INT: How it be quiet the LORD has given

Jeremiah 48:11
HEB:מוֹאָ֜ב מִנְּעוּרָ֗יו וְשֹׁקֵ֥ט הוּא֙ אֶל־
NAS: his youth; He has also been undisturbed, [like wine] on its dregs,
KJV: from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees,
INT: Moab his youth been he to

Jeremiah 49:23
HEB:בַּיָּ֣ם דְּאָגָ֔ה הַשְׁקֵ֖ט לֹ֥א יוּכָֽל׃
NAS: by the sea, It cannot be calmed.
KJV: on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
INT: the sea is anxiety be calmed not cannot

Ezekiel 16:42
HEB:קִנְאָתִ֖י מִמֵּ֑ךְ וְשָׁ֣קַטְתִּ֔י וְלֹ֥א אֶכְעַ֖ס
NAS: will depart from you, and I will be pacified and angry
KJV: shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
INT: and my jealousy and I will be pacified no and angry

Ezekiel 16:49
HEB:לֶ֜חֶם וְשַׁלְוַ֣ת הַשְׁקֵ֗ט הָ֤יָה לָהּ֙
NAS: food and careless ease,
KJV: and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters,
INT: food ease and careless had daughters

Ezekiel 38:11
HEB:פְּרָז֔וֹת אָבוֹא֙ הַשֹּׁ֣קְטִ֔ים יֹשְׁבֵ֖י לָבֶ֑טַח
NAS: I will go against those who are at rest, that live
KJV: I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell
INT: of unwalled will go rest live securely

Zechariah 1:11
HEB:הָאָ֖רֶץ יֹשֶׁ֥בֶת וְשֹׁקָֽטֶת׃
NAS: the earth is peaceful and quiet.
KJV: sitteth still, and is at rest.
INT: the earth is peaceful and quiet

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