Strong G4623σιωπάω
be quiet
- Transliteration
- siōpaō
- Pronunciation
- see-o-pah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From σιωπη siōpē (silence that is a hush; properly muteness that is involuntary stillness or inability ot 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.
Detailed definition
σιωπάω, -ῶ
(σιωπή, silence) [in LXX for חָשָׁה, חָרַשׁ hi., etc.;]
to be silent or still, keep silence: Mat.20:31 26:63, Mrk.3:4 9:34 10:48 14:61, Luk.19:4, Act.18:9; of one dumb, Luk.1:20 (cf. 4Ma.10:18); addressed rhetorically to the sea, σιώπα, Mrk.4:39.†
SYN.: ἡσυχάζω, σιγάω (which see) (AS)
(σιωπή, silence) [in LXX for חָשָׁה, חָרַשׁ hi., etc.;]
to be silent or still, keep silence: Mat.20:31 26:63, Mrk.3:4 9:34 10:48 14:61, Luk.19:4, Act.18:9; of one dumb, Luk.1:20 (cf. 4Ma.10:18); addressed rhetorically to the sea, σιώπα, Mrk.4:39.†
SYN.: ἡσυχάζω, σιγάω (which see) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4623 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hold7
- peace4
- dumb1
- should1
First verses
- Matthew 20:31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
- Matthew 26:63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
- Mark 3:4And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
- Mark 4:39And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
- Mark 9:34But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
- Mark 10:48And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
- Mark 14:61But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
- Luke 1:20And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
- Luke 18:39And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
- Luke 19:40And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
- Acts 18:9Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σῐωπ-άω,
infinitive σιωπᾶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.280:)]future -ήσομαι in early writers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 233, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 309, “Av.” 225, “Lys.” 364, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 234a, etc.;)] later -ήσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator “Epistulae” 10.1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.240e, etc. (compare σιγάω))]: aorist (ἐ) σιώπησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.568, etc.)]: perfect σεσιώπηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 944, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.34)]:—middle and passive, see below: Doric dialect σωπάω (which see):—keep silence, σιωπᾶν λαὸν ἀνώγει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.280, compare 23.568, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.513, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10, etc.; Σιμωνίδης τὴν ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπῶσαν προσαγορεύει 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.346f)]; φησὶν σιωπῶν his silence is an admission, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1592, compare “IA” 1245; πονηρῶν ἔργων δόξει κοινωνεῖν τῷ σιωπῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.33)]; σ. τινί keep silence for or at the behest of.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1134, “Lys.” 530; σ. πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 234a; πρὸς τοῦτο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.20; ὑπέρ τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 796; _imperative_ σιώπα)]hush! be still! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 81, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 529, etc.)]
2 of bees, to be still, opposed to βομβέω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 627a24.)]
II transitive, keep secret, speak not of, τὰ δίκαια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1037, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 27, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 6.10, etc.; σ. ὅτι.. “PMasp.” 295.21 (5th c.AD))]:—passive, ἂν σιωπηθῇ τὰ παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 21, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.22, etc.)]; τί σιγῶσ᾽ ὧν σιωπᾶσθαι χρεώ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 432; σιωπώμενον καὶ ἀβασάνιστον ἐᾶσαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.13; οὐ τὸ αἰσχρὸν σιωπηθήσεται 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.155; ταῦτα σιωπᾶσθαι συνέφερεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.42; ἡ σιωπωμένη ἀλήθεια 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.76.)]
III middle, silence, σιωπησάμενος τὰ πλήθη [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.46.4.)]
infinitive σιωπᾶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.280:)]future -ήσομαι in early writers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 233, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 309, “Av.” 225, “Lys.” 364, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 234a, etc.;)] later -ήσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator “Epistulae” 10.1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.240e, etc. (compare σιγάω))]: aorist (ἐ) σιώπησα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.568, etc.)]: perfect σεσιώπηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 944, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.34)]:—middle and passive, see below: Doric dialect σωπάω (which see):—keep silence, σιωπᾶν λαὸν ἀνώγει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.280, compare 23.568, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.513, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10, etc.; Σιμωνίδης τὴν ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπῶσαν προσαγορεύει 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.346f)]; φησὶν σιωπῶν his silence is an admission, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1592, compare “IA” 1245; πονηρῶν ἔργων δόξει κοινωνεῖν τῷ σιωπῆσαι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.33)]; σ. τινί keep silence for or at the behest of.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1134, “Lys.” 530; σ. πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 234a; πρὸς τοῦτο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.20; ὑπέρ τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 796; _imperative_ σιώπα)]hush! be still! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 81, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 529, etc.)]
2 of bees, to be still, opposed to βομβέω, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 627a24.)]
II transitive, keep secret, speak not of, τὰ δίκαια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1037, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 27, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 6.10, etc.; σ. ὅτι.. “PMasp.” 295.21 (5th c.AD))]:—passive, ἂν σιωπηθῇ τὰ παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Prooemia” 21, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.22, etc.)]; τί σιγῶσ᾽ ὧν σιωπᾶσθαι χρεώ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 432; σιωπώμενον καὶ ἀβασάνιστον ἐᾶσαι 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.13; οὐ τὸ αἰσχρὸν σιωπηθήσεται 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.155; ταῦτα σιωπᾶσθαι συνέφερεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.42; ἡ σιωπωμένη ἀλήθεια 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.76.)]
III middle, silence, σιωπησάμενος τὰ πλήθη [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.46.4.)]