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Lexicon :: Strong's G4601 - sigaō

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σιγάω
Transliteration
sigaō (Key)
Pronunciation
see-gah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

σιγάω sigáō, see-gah'-o; from G4602; to keep silent (transitively or intransitively):—keep close (secret, silence), hold peace.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G4601 in the following manner: hold (one's) peace (4x), keep silence (3x), keep close (1x), keep secret (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G4601 in the following manner: hold (one's) peace (4x), keep silence (3x), keep close (1x), keep secret (1x).

  1. to keep silence, hold one's peace

  2. to be kept in silence, be concealed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σιγάω sigáō, see-gah'-o; from G4602; to keep silent (transitively or intransitively):—keep close (secret, silence), hold peace.
STRONGS G4601:
σιγάω, σίγω; 1 aorist ἐσίγησα; perfect passive participle σεσιγημενος; (σιγή); from Homer down; to keep silence, hold one's peace: Luke 9:36; Luke 18:39 L T Tr WH; (Luke 20:26); Acts 12:17; Acts 15:12; 1 Corinthians 14:28, 30, 34; passive, to be kept in silence, be concealed, Romans 16:25. (Synonym: see ἡσυχάζω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
9:36; 18:39; 20:26
Acts
12:17; 15:12
Romans
16:25
1 Corinthians
14:28; 14:30; 14:34

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4601 matches the Greek σιγάω (sigaō),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:14 - The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:3 - For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:2 - I was mute and silent;
I held my peace to no avail,
and my distress grew worse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:21 - These things you have done, and I have been silent;
you thought that I[fn] was one like yourself.
But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 83:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:1 - A Song. A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:29 - He made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:7 - a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:5 - The fool will no more be called noble,
nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:49 - “My eyes will flow without ceasing,
without respite,

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:10 - And when one’s relative, the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, “Silence! We must not mention the name of the LORD.”
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