H8252 שָׁקַט
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 41 KJV occurrences
שָׁקַט
shâqaṭ · shaw-kat'
Definition
to repose (usually figurative)
KJV Renderings
appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 41)
- Joshua 11:23So 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 by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
- Judges 8:28¶ Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.
- 1 Chronicles 4:40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
- 2 Chronicles 23:21And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
- Psalms 76:8Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
- Isaiah 14:7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
- Isaiah 62:1For 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 thereof as a lamp that burneth.
- Jeremiah 48:11¶ Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.