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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 - But if her husband says nothing to her about it from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or the pledges binding on her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears about them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:9 - Then Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, “Be silent, Israel, and listen! You have now become the people of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - They answered, “Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t hesitate to go there and take it over.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:3 - The king of Israel had said to his officials, “Don’t you know that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us and yet we are doing nothing to retake it from the king of Aram?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:3 - The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, “Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?” “Yes, I know,” Elisha replied, “so be quiet.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:5 - The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied, “so be quiet.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - Then they said to each other, “What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “Have we appointed you an adviser to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - The Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for this is a holy day. Do not grieve.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:6 - “Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3 - Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:21 - “People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:27 - The churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:12 - “I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs, its strength and its graceful form.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:21 - But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:14 - “For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held myself back. But now, like a woman in childbirth, I cry out, I gasp and pant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:1 - For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6 - I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:12 - After all this, LORD, will you hold yourself back? Will you keep silent and punish us beyond measure?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:6 - “See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:19 - Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the agony of my heart! My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent. For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have sprinkled dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:18 - The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. You walls of Daughter Zion, let your tears flow like a river day and night; give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:28 - Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:13 - Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil.
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