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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:14 - (LXX 30:15) But if he be wholly silent at her from day to day, then shall he bind upon her all her vows; and he shall confirm to her the obligations which she has bound upon herself, because he held his peace at her in the day in which he heard her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:9 - And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Be silent and hear, O Israel; this day thou art become a people to the Lord thy God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9

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, yet ye are still: delay not to go, and to enter in to possess the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:3 - And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know ye that Remmath Galaad is ours, and we are [fn]slow to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3 - And the sons of the prophets who were in Bæthel came to Elisaie, and said to him, [fn]Dost thou know, that the Lord this day [fn]is going to take thy lord away from thy head? And he said, Yea, I know it; be silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5 - And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho drew near to Elisaie, and said to him, Dost thou know that the Lord is about to take away thy master to-day from thy head? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold your peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - And one man said to his neighbour, We are not doing well thus: this day is a day of glad tidings, and we hold our peace, and are waiting till the morning light, and shall find mischief: now then come, and let us go into the city, and report to the house of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - And it came to pass when the prophet was speaking to him, that he said to him, Have I made thee king's counsellor? take heed lest thou be scourged: and the prophet forebore, and said, I know that God is disposed against thee to destroy thee, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - And the Levites caused all the people to be silent, saying, Be silent, for it is a holy day, and despond not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3 - For wherefore have we been silent before thee like brutes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:21 - Men heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:27 - My belly boiled, and would not cease: the days of poverty prevented me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:12 - (LXX 41:4) I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power one shall pity his antagonist.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:21 - And they were silent, and none answered him a word; because the king had commanded that none should answer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:14 - I have been silent: shall I also always be silent and forbear? I have endured like a travailing woman: I will now amaze and wither at once.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - For Sion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not [fn]rest, until her righteousness go forth as light, and my salvation burn as a torch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6 - And on thy walls, O Jerusalem, have I set watchmen all day and all night, who shall never cease making mention of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:12 - (LXX 64:11) And for all these things thou, O Lord, hast withholden thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:6 - Behold, it is written before me: I will not be silent until I have recompensed into their bosom,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19 - I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - Jod. The elders of the daughter of Sion have sat upon the ground, they have kept silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloths: they have brought down to the ground the chief virgins in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18 - Tsade. Their heart cried to the Lord, Ye walls of Sion, pour down tears like torrents day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eyes cease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:28 - He will sit alone, and be silent, because he has borne it upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:13 - Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.
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