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Strong's H8252 שָׁקַט (shaqat)

Shaqat means “appease” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8252
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 41
Books 13

Strong's H8252 Quick Answer

Strong's H8252 שָׁקַט (shaqat) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shaqat (shaw-kat') v. 1. to repose (usually figurative) [a primitive root] It has 41 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include quiet, rest, have, rested, and quieteth. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shaqat (shaw-kat') v. 1. to repose (usually figurative) [a primitive root]
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
quiet, rest, have, rested, and quieteth

Meaning and Definition

shaqat (shaw-kat') v. 1. to repose (usually figurative) [a primitive root] KJV: appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.

Original Word
שָׁקַט
Transliteration
shaqat
Derivation
Root: שׁקט
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8252. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to quiet

Usage: 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 (subst) 1b2) to quiet, be quiet 1b3) to cause quietness, pacify, allay

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How Strong's H8252 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shaqat, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

quiet Judges 18:7 17× rest Joshua 14:15 10× have Ruth 3:18 give Psalms 94:13 idleness Ezekiel 16:49 quieteth Job 37:17 rested Joshua 11:23 take Isaiah 18:4

How Strong's H8252 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 41 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8252 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8252 in the Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Joshua 11:23 KJV

So 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.

Joshua 14:15 KJV

And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

Judges 3:11 KJV

And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8252.

Joshua 11:23 Old Testament, KJV
So 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.
Joshua 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
Judges 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
Judges 3:30 Old Testament, KJV
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
Judges 5:31 Old Testament, KJV
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
Judges 8:28 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Judges 18:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
Judges 18:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
Ruth 3:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
2 Kings 11:20 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
1 Chronicles 4:40 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 14:1 Old Testament, KJV
So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 Chronicles 14:5 Old Testament, KJV
Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
2 Chronicles 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
2 Chronicles 20:30 Old Testament, KJV
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
2 Chronicles 23:21 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
Job 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
Job 3:26 Old Testament, KJV
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Job 34:29 Old Testament, KJV
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
Job 37:17 Old Testament, KJV
How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Psalms 76:8 Old Testament, KJV
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
Psalms 83:1 Old Testament, KJV
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
Psalms 94:13 Old Testament, KJV
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Proverbs 15:18 Old Testament, KJV
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Isaiah 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
Isaiah 14:7 Old Testament, KJV
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Isaiah 18:4 Old Testament, KJV
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Isaiah 30:15 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
Isaiah 32:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Isaiah 57:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Isaiah 62:1 Old Testament, KJV
For 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 30:10 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Jeremiah 46:27 Old Testament, KJV
But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
Jeremiah 47:6 Old Testament, KJV
O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Jeremiah 47:7 Old Testament, KJV
How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it.
Jeremiah 48:11 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Jeremiah 49:23 Old Testament, KJV
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
Ezekiel 16:42 Old Testament, KJV
So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
Ezekiel 16:49 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 38:11 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
Zechariah 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8252, grouped by book.

Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 6 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H8252 FAQ

What does shaqat (שָׁקַט) mean?

Shaqat (Strong's H8252) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "appease". shaqat (shaw-kat') v. 1. to repose (usually figurative) [a primitive root]

How many times is shaqat (שָׁקַט) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's H8252 across 13 books.

Where can I study shaqat (שָׁקַט) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8252 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shaqat (שָׁקַט)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as quiet, rest, have, rested, quieteth, and give. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.