Strong's G4623 · Greek

σιωπάω

siopao · see-o-pah'-o

from siope (silence, i.e. a hush; properly, muteness, i.e. involuntary stillness, or inability to speak; and thus differing from 4602, which is rather a voluntary refusal or indisposition to speak, although the terms are often used synonymously); to be dumb (but not deaf also, li

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σιωπάω (G4623)

10 σιωπάω , -ῶ ( σιωπή , silence ) [in LXX for חשׁה , חרשׁ hi., etc. ;] to be silent or still, keep silence : Mt 20:31 26:63 , Mk 3:4 9:34 10:48 14:61 , Lk 19:4 , Ac 18:9 ; of one dumb, Lk 1:20 (cf. IV Mac 10:18 ); addressed rhetorically to the sea, σιώπα , Mk 4:39 .† SYN. : ἡσυχάζω , σιγάω (q.v.).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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