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Lexicon :: Strong's G4623 - siōpaō

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σιωπάω
Transliteration
siōpaō (Key)
Pronunciation
see-o-pah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From siope (silence, i.e. a hush, properly, muteness, i.e. involuntary stillness, or inability to speak, and thus differing from σιγή (G4602), which is rather a voluntary refusal or indisposition to speak, although the terms are often used synonymously)
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Strong’s Definitions

σιωπάω siōpáō, see-o-pah'-o; from σιωπή siōpḗ (silence, i.e. a hush; properly, muteness, i.e. involuntary stillness, or inability to speak; and thus differing from G4602, which is rather a voluntary refusal or indisposition to speak, although the terms are often used synonymously); to be dumb (but not deaf also, like G2974 properly); figuratively, to be calm (as quiet water):—dumb, (hold) peace.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G4623 in the following manner: hold (one's) peace (9x), peace (1x), dumb (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G4623 in the following manner: hold (one's) peace (9x), peace (1x), dumb (1x).
  1. to be silent, hold one's peace

    1. used of one's silence because dumb

  2. metaph. of a calm, quiet sea

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σιωπάω siōpáō, see-o-pah'-o; from σιωπή siōpḗ (silence, i.e. a hush; properly, muteness, i.e. involuntary stillness, or inability to speak; and thus differing from G4602, which is rather a voluntary refusal or indisposition to speak, although the terms are often used synonymously); to be dumb (but not deaf also, like G2974 properly); figuratively, to be calm (as quiet water):—dumb, (hold) peace.
STRONGS G4623:
σιωπάω, σιώπω; imperfect, 3 person singular ἐσιώπα, 3 person plural ἐσιώπων; future σιωπήσω (Luke 19:40 L T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἐσιώπησα; (σιωπή silence); from Homer down; to be silent, hold one's peace: properly, Matthew 20:31; Matthew 26:63; Mark 3:4; Mark 9:34; Mark 10:48; Mark 14:61; Luke 18:39 R G; Luke 19:40; Acts 18:9; used of one silent because dumb, Luke 1:20; 4 Macc. 10:18; likesileo in the Latin poets, used metaphorically of a calm, quiet sea ((in rhetorical command)): Mark 4:39. (Synonym: see ἡσυχάζω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
20:31; 26:63
Mark
3:4; 4:39; 9:34; 10:48; 14:61
Luke
1:20; 4; 18:39; 19:40; 19:40
Acts
18:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4623 matches the Greek σιωπάω (siōpaō),
which occurs 27 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:14 - “But if her husband indeed says nothing to her from day to day, then he causes all her vows or all her obligations which are on her to stand; he has caused them to stand because he said nothing to her on the day he heard them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:9 -

Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and listen, O Israel! This day you have become a people for Yahweh your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - And they said, “Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you be silent? Do not delay to go, to enter, to possess the land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:3 - Then the king of Israel said to his servants, “Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, but we are sitting still so as not to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3 - Then the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from over [fn]you today?” And he said, “Yes, I know; be silent.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5 - Then the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from over [fn]you today?” And he [fn]answered, “Yes, I know; be silent.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 -

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping silent; if we wait until morning light, punishment will [fn]overtake us. So now, come, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - Now it happened that as he was talking with him, [fn]the king said to him, “Have we given you to be a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that God has counseled to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 -

“If I speak, my pain is not lessened,

And if I cease, what will go forth from me?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3 -

“Why are we regarded as beasts,

As dense in your eyes?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:21 -

“To me they listened and waited,

And kept silent for my counsel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:27 -

[fn]I am boiling within and cannot be silent;

Days of affliction confront me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:12 -

“I will not keep silence concerning its limbs,

Or its mighty strength or its graceful frame.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:21 -

But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:14 -

“I have kept silent for a long time;

I have kept still and restrained Myself.

Now like a woman in labor I will groan;

I will both gasp and pant.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 -

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,

Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,

And her salvation like a torch that is burning.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6 -

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;

All day and all night they will never keep silent.

You who remind Yahweh, take no rest for yourselves;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:12 -

Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O Yahweh?

Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:6 -

“Behold, it is written before Me:

I will not keep silent, but I will repay;

I will even repay into their bosom,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19 -

My [fn]soul, my [fn]soul! I am in anguish! [fn]Oh, my heart!

My heart is pounding in me;

I cannot be silent

Because [fn]you have heard, O my soul,

The sound of the trumpet,

The shout of war.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 -

Yodh

The elders of the daughter of Zion

Sit on the ground; they are silent.

They have thrown dust up on their heads;

They have girded themselves with sackcloth.

The virgins of Jerusalem

Have bowed their heads down to the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18 -

Tsadhe

Their heart cried out to the Lord,

“O wall of the daughter of Zion,

Let your tears run down like a river day and night;

Give yourself no relief;

Let [fn]your eyes not be still.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:28 -

Yodh

Let him sit alone and be silent

Since He has laid it on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:13 -

Therefore at [fn]such a time the one with insight keeps silent, for it is an evil time.

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