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Strong's #1055 - γαλήνη
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- calmness, stillness of the sea, a calm
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γᾰλήν-η, ἡ,
I stillness of the sea, calm (γ. μὲν ἐν θαλάσσῃ νηνεμία δ' ἐν ἀέρι Arist. Top. 108b25, but cf. Od. 5.452, 12.168), Hom. only in Od., λευκ ὴ δ' ἦν ἀμφὶ γαλήνη 10.94; οἱ δ' ἐλόωσι γαλήνην will sail the calm sea, 7.319; stillness of deep waters, Coluth. 360; νηνεμίας τε καὶ γ. Pl. Tht. 153c; ἐν ταῖς γ. καὶ εὐδίαις Arist. HA 533b30: metaph. of the mind, calmness, serenity, φρόνημα νηνέμου γαλάνας A. Ag. 740 (lyr.); ἐν γαλήνῃ in calm, quiet, S. El. 899; γ. ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ Pl. Lg. 791a.
II lead sulphide, galena, Plin. HN 33.95, 34.159.
III name of an antidote, Androm. ap. Gal. 14.32. (Aeol. γελήνη (sic) acc. to Jo.Gramm. Comp. 3.1; perh. akin to γελάω.)
γαλήνη, γαληνης, ἡ (adjective ὁ, ἡ, γαληνός calm, cheerful), calmness, stillness of the sea, a calm: Matthew 8:26; Mark 4:39; Luke 8:24. (From Homer down.)
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*γαλήνη , -ης , ἡ ,
a calm: Matthew 8:26, Mark 4:39, Luke 8:24
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The adj. is found OGIS 519.11 (iii/A.D.) πάντων . . . ἤρεμον καὶ γαληνὸν τὸν βίον δια [γόντων . In the late papyri γαληνότης is common as an honorific title, e.g. P Oxy VII. 1042.7 (A.D. 578) μετὰ τὴν δευτέραν ὑπατίαν τῆς αὐτῶν γαληνότητ (ος ), ";after the second consulship of his [? their] serenity."; (Ed.).
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