Limitless Word
שָׁקַטshâqaṭ/shaw-kat'/
HebrewH825241 occurrences (KJV)

to repose (usually figurative)

KJV renders it: appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.

Where it appears

  • Josh 11:23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from war.
  • Josh 14:15Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.
  • Judg 3:11The land had rest forty years, then Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
  • Judg 3:30So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years.
  • Judg 5:31“So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.
  • Judg 8:28So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
  • Judg 18:7Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone else.
  • Judg 18:27They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and unsuspecting, and struck them with the edge of the sword; then they burned the city with fire.
  • Ruth 3:18Then she said, “Wait, my daughter, until you know what will happen; for the man will not rest until he has settled this today.”
  • 2 Kgs 11:20So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword at the king’s house.
  • 1 Chr 4:40They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful; for those who lived there before were descended from Ham.
  • 2 Chr 14:1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days, the land was quiet ten years.
  • 2 Chr 14:5Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images; and the kingdom was quiet before him.
  • 2 Chr 14:6He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.
  • 2 Chr 20:30So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
  • 2 Chr 23:21So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet. They had slain Athaliah with the sword.
  • Job 3:13For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
  • Job 3:26I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble comes.”
  • Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,
  • Job 37:17You whose clothing is warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?
  • Ps 76:8You pronounced judgment from heaven. The earth feared, and was silent,
  • Ps 83:1A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
  • Ps 94:13that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.
  • Prov 15:18A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
  • Isa 7:4Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking torches, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
  • Isa 14:7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out song.
  • Isa 18:4For Yahweh said to me, “I will be still, and I will see in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”
  • Isa 30:15For thus said the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, “You will be saved in returning and rest. Your strength will be in quietness and in confidence.” You refused,
  • Isa 32:17The work of righteousness will be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever.
  • Isa 57:20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can’t rest, and its waters cast up mire and mud.
  • Isa 62:1For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
  • Jer 30:10Therefore don’t you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and no one shall make him afraid.
  • Jer 46:27“But don’t you be afraid, Jacob my servant, neither be dismayed, Israel; for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return, and will be quiet and at ease. No one will make him afraid.
  • Jer 47:6“‘You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself back into your scabbard; rest, and be still.’
  • Jer 47:7“How can you be quiet, since Yahweh has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there has he appointed it.”
  • Jer 48:11“Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent is not changed.
  • Jer 49:23Of Damascus: “Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil news, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it can’t be quiet.
  • Ezek 16:42So will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy will depart from you. I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
  • Ezek 16:49“‘“Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
  • Ezek 38:11and you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;
  • Zech 1:11They reported to Yahweh’s angel who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, “We have walked back and forth through the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and in peace.”

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.