a-la' (heniach, "to cause to rest," "soothe": "Gentleness allayeth (lit., "pacifieth") great offenses" (Ec 10:4)): The word is applied to what "excites, disturbs and makes uneasy" (Smith, Synonyms Discriminated, 106).
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.