H7600 H7600
At ease, secure; ranging from genuine tranquility to complacent self-assurance and insolent arrogance.
An adjective whose meaning pivots dramatically on context, spanning the entire spectrum from blessed peace to condemned complacency. Isaiah uses it positively for Jerusalem as a 'quiet habitation' (33:20) and for Israel's 'undisturbed resting places' (32:18), yet just verses earlier rebukes the 'women who are at ease' (32:9, 11). Amos opens his woe oracle against those 'at ease in Zion' (6:1), and the psalmist laments the scorn of the complacent (123:4). French 'insouciant' (carefree, heedless) brilliantly captures the pejorative middle ground. In its most extreme form, it denotes Sennacherib's 'arrogance' before God (2 Kgs 19:28).
Senses
1. complacent, carefree, at ease (pejorative) — Complacency, false security, or careless ease in a pejorative sense -- rebuked by prophets as spiritual danger. French 'insouciant' and 'sans souci' (without care) precisely capture the heedless, self-satisfied tone. Amos 6:1 ('Woe to those at ease in Zion'), Isa 32:9, 11 ('complacent women'), Ps 123:4 (the scorn of the complacent), and Zech 1:15 (nations 'at ease' while Israel suffered) all carry this negative valence. 5×
AR["أَيَّتُهَا-الْمُطْمَئِنَّاتُ", "المُطمَئِنّين", "الْمُطْمَئِنَّاتِ", "الْمُطْمَئِنِّينَ", "لِ-المُطْمَئِنّينَ"]·ben["নিশ্চিন্তদের", "নিশ্চিন্তদের,", "যারা-নির্ভয়ে", "শান্তেরা"]·DE["[השאננים]", "[שאננות]", "der-carefree"]·EN["at-ease", "the-carefree", "the-complacent-ones", "the-ones-at-ease", "you-at-ease"]·FR["insouciantes", "le-insouciant", "sans-souci"]·heb["ה-שאננים", "שאננות"]·HI["जो-निश्चिंत-हैं", "निश्चिंतों।", "निश्चिन्त", "निश्चिन्तों-के", "हे-निश्चिन्त-स्त्रियों"]·ID["orang-orang-congkak", "orang-orang-yang-hidup-santai", "yang-tenteram"]·IT["[השאננים]", "delicato"]·jav["ingkang-tentrem", "kang-tentrem", "tiyang-ingkang-tentrem"]·KO["그-안일한", "안일한-자들아", "평안한", "평안한-자들-의", "평안한-자들아"]·PT["as-tranquilas", "dos-que-vivem-tranquilos", "os-despreocupados", "tranquilas"]·RU["-беспечные", "беспечные", "беспечным", "беспечных"]·ES["de-los-que-están-tranquilos", "las-tranquilas", "los-que-están-tranquilos", "tranquilas"]·SW["walio-na-raha", "wanaojisikia-salama", "wenye-raha", "ya-wenye-starehe", "yaliyotulia"]·TR["kaygısızlara", "rahat", "rahat-olanlar", "rahat-olanların"]·urd["-بے-فکروں", "آرام-سے-بیٹھی-ہوئی", "بےفکر", "عیش-کرنے-والوں-کے"]
2. at ease, secure, tranquil (positive) — Genuine tranquility, security, and undisturbed peace -- a positive condition of blessed rest. Spanish 'tranquila/tranquilos' and English 'quiet' reflect this gentler meaning. Isaiah 32:18 promises God's people 'secure resting places,' and 33:20 celebrates Jerusalem as a 'quiet habitation.' Job 12:5 describes one 'at ease' in contrast with the sufferer, though this borders on the pejorative sense. 3×
AR["المُطْمَئِنِّ", "مُطْمَئِنَّةٍ", "هَادِئًا"]·ben["নিশ্চিন্তের", "শান্তের"]·DE["[שאנן]", "[שאננות]"]·EN["at-ease", "habitation", "quiet"]·FR["insouciant", "insouciantes", "שאנן"]·heb["שאנן", "שאננות"]·HI["निश्चिन्त", "निश्चिन्त-के", "शान्त"]·ID["yang-aman", "yang-tenang", "yang-tenteram"]·IT["at-ease", "delicato"]·jav["ayem", "ingkang-tentrem"]·KO["편안한-자-의", "평안한"]·PT["tranquila", "tranquilidades", "tranquilo"]·RU["беспечного", "спокойное", "спокойных"]·ES["tranquila", "tranquilo,", "tranquilos"]·SW["mwenye-amani", "pa-utulivu", "ya-amani"]·TR["rahat", "rahatın"]·urd["آرام-والے-کے", "پرسکون"]
3. arrogance, insolent pride — Arrogance or insolent self-assurance pushed to its extreme, describing aggressive pride before God. Attested in the parallel passages 2 Kgs 19:28 and Isa 37:29, where God confronts Sennacherib: 'your arrogance has come up to my ears.' Spanish 'arrogancia' and English 'arrogance' are unambiguous. BDB notes the textual variant 'uproar' (she'onkha), but the Masoretic reading preserves the semantic trajectory from ease to overconfidence to insolence. 2×
AR["وَ-عَجْرَفَتِكَ", "وَطُمَأْنِينَتِكَ"]·ben["এবং-তোমার-অহঙ্কার", "ও-তোমার-শান্তিকে"]·DE["[ושאננך]", "und-dein-arrogance"]·EN["and-your-arrogance"]·FR["et-insouciant", "et-ton-arrogance"]·heb["ו-שאננך"]·HI["और-घमण्ड-तेरा", "और-तेरा-अहंकार"]·ID["dan-keangkuhanmu", "dan-kesombonganmu"]·IT["e-delicato", "e-tuo-arrogance"]·jav["lan-gumedhè-panjenengan", "lan-swanten-ribut-panjenengan"]·KO["그리고-너의-교만이", "그리고-오만함-니의"]·PT["e-arrogância-tua"]·RU["и-надмение-твоё", "и-надменность-твоя"]·ES["y-tu-arrogancia"]·SW["na-kiburi-chako"]·TR["ve-umursamazligin", "ve-şımarıklığın"]·urd["اور-تکبر-تیرا", "اور-تیرا-غرور"]
Related Senses
H2896a 1. good (quality or moral) (305×)H7563 1. wicked person (259×)H7451c 1. moral evil or wickedness (234×)H5771 1. iniquity, sin, wrongdoing (222×)H7965 1. peace, absence of conflict (198×)H6662 1. righteous person (substantive) (195×)G0266 1. sin, failure, transgression (173×)H2403b 1. sin, transgression (170×)H2617a 1. Covenant faithfulness, steadfast love (167×)H2398 1. Qal: to sin, commit sin (165×)H3467 1. save, deliver, rescue (Hifil active) (156×)H6666 1. righteousness, moral uprightness (145×)H5127 1. flee, run away (Qal) (144×)G5485 1. grace, divine favor (141×)H7451a 1. morally evil, wicked (129×)H2403b 2. sin-offering, sacrifice for sin (120×)G2570 1. good, right, excellent (98×)G1515 1. peace, well-being, harmony (93×)H6588 1. transgression, offense against God (88×)H8002 1. peace offering(s) (87×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שַׁאֲנָן adj. at ease, secure (BaNB § 143 a Ges§ 84 b k);—abs. שׁ׳ Is 33:20; pl. שַׁאֲנַנִּים Am 6:1 +, שַׁאֲנַנּוֹת Is 32:9, 11, 18;— 1. at ease, secure: נָוֶה שׁ׳ Is 33:20 secure habitation (of Jerus.), cf. מְנוּחוֹת שׁ׳ 32:18 (‖ מִבְטַחִים). 2. as subst., one at ease, free from misfortune, Jb 12:5. 3. at ease, with collat. idea of careless, wanton, arrogant, Am 6:1; Is 32:9, 11; Zc 1:15 ψ…