ἡσυχία

ἡσυχία — hēsychía

ἡσυχία, ἡσυχίας, ἡ (from the adjective ἡσύχιος, which see; the feminine expresses the general notion (Winers Grammar, 95 (90)), cf. αἰτία, ἀρετή, ἔχθρα, etc.) (from Homer down);

1. quietness: descriptive of the life of one who stays at home doing his own work, and does not officiously meddle with the affairs of others, 2Th 3:12.

2. silence: Act 22:2; 1Ti 2:11 f