be silent

Greek, Verb

σιγάω, -ῶ (< σιγή), [in LXX for חָרַשׁ, חָשָׁה, etc;] 1) intrans, to be silent, keep silence: Luk.9:36 18:39 20:26, Act.12:17 15:12-13, 1Co.14:28 14:30 14:34. 2) Trans, to keep secret; pass, to be kept secret: Rom.16:25. SYN.: ἡσυχάζω, σιωπάω (AS)

be silent

Greek, Verb

σῑγάω, Doric dialect 2nd pers. singular σιγῇς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Cyrenaic infinitive σιγέν [Refs]; 1st pers. singular optative σιγῷμ (ι) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] later -ήσω [Refs 1st c.BC+]: perfect σεσίγηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, future σιγηθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐσιγήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect σεσίγημαι (see. below): (σιγή):— keep silence, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+], hush! be still! [Refs 8th c.BC+], Trag, and Attic dialect, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τοῦτο, ἐν τούτῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) metaphorically of things, σιγῶν δ᾽ ὄλεθρος καὶ μέγα φωνοῦντ᾽. ἀμαθύνει [Refs 5th c.BC+], secret, mystical:—passive, μέμψομαι σιωπὴν ὡς ἐσιλγήθη κακῶς I shall impute as a fault that silence was kept, [Refs]; also τί σεσίγηται δόμος Ἀδμήτο; why is it all silent? [Refs]; σιγῶντα λέγειν, λέγοντα σιγᾶν, phrases illustrating a logical fallacy, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) transitive, hold silent, keep secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc:—passive, to be kept silent or secret, σεσιγαμένον χρῆμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσιγάθη δ᾽ ἂν ὑφορβός would never have been heard of, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to keep silent (transitively or intransitively); keep close (secret, silence), hold peace; from g4602 (σιγή);