Limited to Acts 22:2; 2 Thess. 3:12; 1 Tim. 2:11-12, the Greek noun “hesuchia” meant “silence,” “quietness,” peace.”

The mob which tried to injure and perhaps kill Paul was “quiet” when Paul spoke to them from a place of safety (Acts 22:2).  When it comes to males and females in worship assemblies, women are to be “silent” (1 Tim. 2:11-12) in terms of public instruction.  Stated another way, male spiritual leadership is God’s will in His church.

The Dictionary of New Testament Theology (3:111) noted how in non-Biblical Greek this word described “quietness of peace (as opposed to war) (Thucydides), relief from pain (Plato), a place of solitude (Xenophon), and the tranquility of the philosopher who escapes from the turmoil of politics (Plato).”

Limited to Lk. 14:4; 23:56; Acts 11:18; 21:14; 1 Thess. 4:11, the Greek verb “hesuchazo” means “rest,” “be still,” “silent.”  This word describes abstention from work (Lk. 23:56), the silencing of possible opposition (Lk. 14:4; Acts 11:18), and cessation of an effort to convince (Acts 21:14).  In 1 Thess. 4:11, this verb describes a life free of “inordinate ambition” (Dictionary of New Testament Theology, 3:112).

Limited to some of our manuscripts for 1 Cor. 11:17 and 2 Cor. 12:15, the Greek adjective “hesson” meant “inferior,” “weaker,” “for the worse,” “less.”

Limited to Rom. 9:13; Heb. 11:20; 12:16, “Esau” was the son of Isaac who sold his birthright for a meal.  He was immoral and godless (Heb. 12:16).

Mentioned twenty-three times in the New Testament, “Isaiah” is classified as a “major” prophet because of how much he wrote.  In the New Testament, Isaiah is first mentioned in Mt. 3:3.  The last New Testament reference to him is Rom. 15:12.

Limited to Mt. 14:3, 6; Mk. 6:17, 19, 22; Lk. 3:19, “Herodias” was the wife of both Philip and Herod Antipas.  She convinced her daughter to ask for the head of John the Baptist.

Limited to Mt. 22:16; Mk. 3:6; 12:13, “Herodianos” meant “Herodian.”  Normally the Herodians, who were a sect of Hellenistic Jews, were not on good terms with the Pharisees, but they were willing to work together to oppose Jesus.

Limited to Rom. 16:11, “Herodion” was someone who received a greeting from the apostle Paul.

Limited to 1 Tim. 2:2, the Greek adjective “eremos” meant “clam,” “quiet,” “tranquil.”  Paul told Christians to pray so they can have a “calm” life.  Since civil government is in the immediate context of this statement, this tranquility would include political or national calm.