ἡσύχιος, ἡσυχία, ἡσύχιον ((perhaps akin to ἧμαι to sit, Latinsedatus; cf. Curtius, § 568; Vanicek, p. 77)); from Homer down; quiet, tranquil: 1Pe_3:4; βίος, 1Ti_2:2; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 16, 1.

ἡσύχιος hēsychios 2x quiet, tranquil, peaceful, 1Ti_2:2 ; 1Pe_3:4

ἡσύχιος , -α , -ον ( = the more freq . ἥσυχος ; cf. Wis_18:14 , Sir_25:20 ), [in LXX : Isa_66:2 ( H7307 H5223 ) * ;] quiet, tranquil: 1Ti_2:2 , 1Pe_3:4 .† SYN.: ἤρεμος G2263 , of tranquillity arising from without; ἡ ., from within ( v. Ellic . on 1Ti, l.c .; but also v. CGT , ib.).†

ἡσύχιος [page 281] For this adj. (MGr ἥσυχος ). as in 1Ti_2:2 , cf. CIG III. 5361 .13. f (Jew. inscr. of Berenice) ἔν τε τῆι ἀναστροφῆι ἡσύχιον ἦθος ἐνδικνύμενος , IG VII. 396 .15 διενέγκας σεμνόν τε καὶ ἡσύχιον βίον παρ᾽ ὅλον τὸν τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ χρόνον , and the late P Oxy I. 129 .8 (vi/A.D.) where a father repudiates a betrothal because he wishes that his daughter should lead a peaceful and quiet life εἰρηνικὸν καὶ ἡσύχιον βίον διάξαι . For the adverb ἡσυχῆι (for form, see Mayser Gr. p. 122 f.) = quietly, cf. P Hib I, 73 .6 (B.C. 243 2) ἡσυχῆι . . . ἀπήγαγον [τὸν ] Κ . ε [ἰς τὸ ἐν Σινάρυ δεσμω ]τήριον : it is used = slightly in personal descriptions, such as P Petr I. 16(1) .4 (B.C. 237) σύνοφρυς ήσυχῆι , with slightly meeting eyebrows, ib. 19 .5 (B.C. 225) ἀναφάλανθος ήσυχῆι , slightly bald in the forehead, P Grenf I. 33 .8 ( c . B.C. 103 2) προκέφαλος ἡσυχῆ , with a slightly sugar-loafed head, P Leid N ii. 7 (ii/B.C.) (= I. p. 69) ἔνσιμος ήσυχῇ , slightly snub-nosed.

ἡσύχιος [Etym: = ἥσυχος] "still, quiet, at rest, at ease", Il. ; also in Prose, τρόπου ἡσυχίου "of a quiet" disposition, Hdt. ; τὸ ἡσύχιον τῆς εἰρήνης Thuc. adv. -ίως, Hhymn.

ἡσύχιος, -α, -ον (= the more frequently ἥσυχος; cf. Wis.18:14, Sir.25:20), [in LXX: Isa.66:2 (רוּחַ נָכֶה)* ;] quiet, tranquil: 1Ti.2:2, 1Pe.3:4.† SYN.: ἤρεμος, of tranquillity arising from without; ἡ., from within (see Ellic. on 1Ti, l.with; but also see CGT, ib.).† (AS)