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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שָׁקַט

שָׁקַט

H8252

Transliteration: shâqaṭ

Pronunciation: shaw-kat'

Definition: appease


Original: שׁקט

Transliteration: shâqaṭ

Phonetic: shaw-kat'

BDB Definition:

  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 (substantive)
      2. to quiet, be quiet
      3. to cause quietness, pacify, allay

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2453

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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