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Calm

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

  1: γαλήνη ►

  (Strong's #1055 — Noun Feminine — galene — gal-ay'-nay )

  primarily signifies "calmness, cheerfulness" (from a root gal---, from which gelao, "to smile," is also derived; hence the "calm" of the sea, the smiling ocean being a favorite metaphor of the poets), Matthew 8:26; Mark 4:39; Luke 8:24 .

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