Bible Dictionary
QUIT
To be quit means to be released from responsibility or guilt. The phrase “quit yourselves” means to conduct yourselves bravely or faithfully, especially in the New Testament exhortation to stand firm.
Definition
To be quit means to be released from responsibility or guilt. To “quit oneself” means to conduct oneself in a particular manner, especially by fulfilling a duty or behaving courageously.
Biblical Usage
The term can describe being relieved of responsibility or declared guiltless. In the New Testament, “quit yourselves” means to behave like a man. In another passage, the English expression is a gloss meaning simply “to be.”
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kwit: Same derivation as "quiet," so that "to be quit" (Ex 21:19,28; Jos 2:20 the King James Version) is "to be relieved of responsibility," naqah, naqi, "guiltless" (so the Revised Version (British and American) Jos 2:20). Hence, "to quit one's self" means "to be freed by discharging a duty." The phrase in English Versions of the Bible, however, is a gloss for in 1Sa 4:9 it is used for hayah, "to be," while in 1Co 16:13 andrizomai, means "to behave like a man."</p>