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Lexicon :: Strong's H8252 - šāqaṭ

Aa
שָׁקַט
Transliteration
šāqaṭ
Pronunciation
shaw-kat'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2453

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁקַט shâqaṭ, shaw-kat'; 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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H8252 in the following manner: rest (16x), quiet (16x), quietness (4x), still (2x), appeaseth (1x), idleness (1x), settled (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H8252 in the following manner: rest (16x), quiet (16x), quietness (4x), still (2x), appeaseth (1x), idleness (1x), settled (1x).

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

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be quiet, be undisturbed

        1. to be at peace (of land)

      2. to be quiet, be inactive

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to show quietness

        1. quietness, display of quietness (subst)

      2. to quiet, be quiet

      3. to cause quietness, pacify, allay

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁקַט shâqaṭ, shaw-kat'; 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.
STRONGS H8252: Abbreviations
† שָׁקַט verb be quiet, undisturbed (Targum שְׁקַט (rare); Late Hebrew שׁקט is sink down; Arabic bdb105209 is drop down); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְשׁ׳ Jeremiah 30:10; Jeremiah 46:27, 3rd person feminine singular שָֽׁקְטָה Joshua 11:23 +, שָׁקָ֑טָה 2 Kings 11:20 +; 1st person singular שָׁקַ֫טְתִּי Job 3:26, וְשָׁקַטְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 16:42; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁקֹט Ruth 3:18; 2nd person feminine singular תְּשְׁקֹ֑טִי Jeremiah 47:6, 7; 1st person singular אֶשְׁקוֺט Isaiah 62:1; Job 3:13, אשׁקוטה Isaiah 18:4 Kt, Qr אֶשְָׁקָטָה (Ges§§ 10h, 48c); Participle שֹׁקֵט Judges 18:7 +, feminine singular שֹׁוֶ֫טֶת 1 Chronicles 4:40, שֹׁקָ֑טֶת Zechariah 1:11; plural הַשֹּׁקְטִים Ezekiel 38:11; — be quiet, undisturbed:
1. of land, at peace, absolute Judges 3:11, 30; Judges 5:31; Judges 8:28; Isaiah 14:7 (+נָ֫חָה), 2 Chronicles 13:23; + מִמִּלְחָמָה Joshua 11:23; Joshua 14:15 (D ?), compare Joshua 14:5 (P); וּשְׁלֵוָה וְשׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 4:40; of earth, ישֶׁבֶת וְשׁ׳ Zechariah 1:11; absolute of city 2 Kings 11:20 2 Chronicles 23:21, kingdom 2 Chronicles 20:30, +לִפְנֵי person 2 Chron 14:4; of people, וּבֹטֵחַ שׁ׳ in peace and security Judges 18:7, 27, הַשֹּׁקְטִים ישְׁבֵי לָבֶ֑טַח Ezekiel 38:11; +שַׁאֲנַן Jeremiah 30:10 = Jeremiah 46:27; of Moab, וְשֹׁקֵט֗֗֗שַׁאֲנַן אֶלשְֿׁמָרָיו Jeremiah 48:11 undisturbed 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).
2. be quiet, inactive: of וְאַבִּיטָהי֔׳ Isaiah 18:4 I will be quiet and gaze, i.e. gaze as an inactive spectator, Psalm 83:2 (|| דמה, חרשׁ be silent); = be pacified Ezekiel 16:42; of sword of י׳ Jeremiah 47:6, 7; of Boaz Ruth 3:18 he will not be quiet until he has finished the matter; of prophet Isaiah 62:1 (|| חָשָׁה be silent).
Hiph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁקִיט Proverbs 15:18, יַשְׁקִט Job 34:29; Imperative masculine singular הַשְׁקֵט Isaiah 7:4; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁקֵט Isaiah 32:17 +; construct הַשְׁקִיט Psalm 94:13, קִט- Job 37:17, קֵט- Isaiah 57:20; Jeremiah 49:23; —
1. shew 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 quietness Isaiah 30:15, עֲבֹדַת הַצְּדָקָה הַשְׁקֵט וָבֶ֫טַח Isaiah 32:17 the product of righteousness is quietness and security (Du CheHpt Marti strike out הַצּ׳ as dittograph from Isaiah 32:17a, read הַמִּשְׁמָּט for הַשְׁקֵט, and strike out וָ : the product of justice is security); (presumptuous) security, שַׁלְוַת הַשְׁקֵט Ezekiel 16:49 (of Sodom).
2. cause quietness: subject י׳ Job 34:29, לְהַשְׁקִיט לוֺ מִימֵי רָ֑ע Psalm 94:13; pacify, allay, object רִיב Proverbs 15:18.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

11:23; 11:23; 14:5; 14:15

Judges

3:11; 3:30; 5:31; 8:28; 18:7; 18:7; 18:27

Ruth

3:18; 3:18

2 Kings

11:20; 11:20

1 Chronicles

4:40; 4:40

2 Chronicles

14:4; 20:30; 23:21

Job

3:13; 3:13; 3:26; 3:26; 34:29; 34:29; 37:17; 37:17

Psalms

83:2; 94:13; 94:13

Proverbs

15:18; 15:18

Isaiah

7:4; 7:4; 14:7; 18:4; 18:4; 30:15; 32:17; 32:17; 32:17; 57:20; 57:20; 62:1; 62:1

Jeremiah

30:10; 30:10; 46:27; 46:27; 47:6; 47:6; 47:7; 47:7; 48:11; 49:23; 49:23

Ezekiel

16:42; 16:42; 16:49; 38:11; 38:11

Zechariah

1:11; 1:11

H8252

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Strong's Number H8252 matches the Hebrew שָׁקַט (šāqaṭ),
which occurs 42 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:23 - So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it to the children of Israel as their heritage, making division of it among them by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:15 - In earlier times the name of Hebron had been Kiriath-arba, named after Arba, the greatest of the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:11 - Then for forty years the land had peace, till the death of Othniel, the son of Kenaz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:30 - So Moab was broken that day under the hand of Israel. And for eighty years the land had peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31 - So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:28 - So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had no business with Aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:27 - And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:18 - Then she said, Do nothing now, my daughter, till you see what will come of this; for the man will take no rest till he has put this thing through.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:20 - So all the people of the land were glad, and the town was quiet; and they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40 - And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:1 - So Abijah went to rest with his fathers, and they put him into the earth in the town of David, and Asa his son became king in his place; in his time the land was quiet for ten years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:5 - And he took away the high places and the sun-images from all the towns of Judah; and the kingdom was quiet under his rule.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:6 - He made walled towns in Judah, for the land was quiet and there were no wars in those years, because the Lord had given him rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:30 - So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for the Lord gave him rest on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:21 - So all the people of the land were glad and the town was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:13 - For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:26 - I have no peace, no quiet, and no rest; nothing but pain comes on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:17 - You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:8 - From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:1 - <A Song. A Psalm. Of Asaph.> O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:13 - So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 - An angry man makes men come to blows, but he who is slow to get angry puts an end to fighting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 - And say to him, Take care and be quiet; have no fear, and do not let your heart be feeble, because of these two ends of smoking fire-wood, because of the bitter wrath of Rezin and Aram, and of the son of Remaliah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:7 - All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:4 - For this is what the Lord has said to me: I will be quiet, watching from my place; like the clear heat when the sun is shining, like a mist of dew in the heat of summer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 - For the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, said, In quiet and rest is your salvation: peace and hope are your strength: but you would not have it so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17 - And the work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of an upright rule will be to take away fear for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:20 - But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:10 - So have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, says the Lord; and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you come back from far away, and your seed from the land where they are prisoners; and Jacob will come back, and will be quiet and at peace, and no one will give him cause for fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:27 - But have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you come back from far away, and your seed from the land where they are prisoners; and Jacob will come back, and will be quiet and in peace, and no one will give him cause for fear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:6 - O sword of the Lord, how long will you have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:7 - How is it possible for it to be quiet, seeing that the Lord has given it orders? against Ashkelon and against the sea-land he has given it directions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:11 - From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:23 - About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:42 - And the heat of my wrath against you will have an end, and my bitter feeling will be turned away from you, and I will be quiet and will be angry no longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49 - Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:11 - And you will say, I will go up to the land of small unwalled towns; I will go to those who are quiet, living, all of them, without fear of danger, without walls or locks or doors:

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:11 - And the man who was between the mountains, answering, said to the angel of the Lord, We have gone up and down through the earth, and all the earth is quiet and at rest.
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