Lexical Definition
σιωπάω siōpáō (see-o-pah'-o) be quiet G:V
from
dumb, (hold) peace.
- properly, muteness, i.e. involuntary stillness, or inability to speak
- and thus differing from σιγή, 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 2974 properly)
- figuratively, to be calm (as quiet water)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ἐσιώπων | they were silent | Mark.3.4 • Mark.9.34 |
| ἐσιώπα | He was silent | Mark.14.61 |
| was silent | Matt.26.63 | |
| σιώπα | Be silent | LXX.Judg.3.19 |
| Keep silent | LXX.Deut.27.9 | |
| Silence | Mark.4.39 | |
| σιωπῶν | silent | Luke.1.20 |
| σιωπών | in keeping silent | LXX.Num.30.14 |
| σιωπώμεν | keep silent | LXX.1Kgs.22.3 • LXX.2Kgs.7.9 |
| σιωπησάτω | keep quiet | LXX.Lam.2.18 |
| σιωπατε | are silent | LXX.Judg.18.9 |
| σιωπήσῃσ | may be silent | Acts.18.9 |
| σιωπήσῃ | he may be silent | Mark.10.48 |
| σιωπήσωσιν | they may be silent | Matt.20.31 |
| σιωπήσω | I keep silent | LXX.Job.16.6 |
| keep silent | LXX.Isa.65.6 | |
| σιωπήσουσιν | will be silent | Luke.19.40 |
| σιωπήσονται | keep silent | LXX.Isa.62.6 |
| σιωπήσομαι | keep silent | LXX.Job.41.12 • LXX.Isa.42.14 • LXX.Isa.62.1 • LXX.Jer.4.19 |
| σιωπήσεται | keep silent | LXX.Job.30.27 |
| shall keep silent | LXX.Amos.5.13 | |
| will keep silent | LXX.Lam.3.28 | |
| σιωπάτε | keep silent | LXX.2Kgs.2.3 • LXX.2Kgs.2.5 • LXX.Neh.8.11 |
| σεσιωπήκαμεν | do we keep silent | LXX.Job.18.3 |
| εσιώπησεν | he kept silent | LXX.Num.30.14 |
| kept silent | LXX.2Chr.25.16 | |
| εσιώπησασ | kept silent | LXX.Isa.64.12 |
| εσιώπησαν | and kept silent | LXX.Job.29.21 |
| kept silent | LXX.Lam.2.10 | |
| they kept silent | LXX.2Kgs.18.36 • LXX.Isa.36.21 | |
| εσιώπησα | I kept silent | LXX.Isa.42.14 |
Abbott-Smith
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.).
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 20:31 · 26:63 |
| Mark | 3:4 · 4:39 · 9:34 · 10:48 · 14:61 |
| Luke | 1:20 · 19:4 |
| Acts | 18:9 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
σιωπάω-άω,
infinitive σιωπᾶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]future -ήσομαι in early writers, [Refs 5th c.BC+] later -ήσω [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist (ἐ) σιώπησα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect σεσιώπηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle and passive, see below: Doric dialect σωπάω (which see):—keep silence, σιωπᾶν λαὸν ἀνώγει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φησὶν σιωπῶν his silence is an admission, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τινί keep silence for or at the behest of.. , [Refs 5th c.BC+]hush! be still! [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of bees, to be still, opposed to βομβέω, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II transitive, keep secret, speak not of, τὰ δίκαια [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἂν σιωπηθῇ τὰ παρὰ τῶν πολεμίων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τί σιγῶσ᾽ ὧν σιωπᾶσθαι χρεώ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III middle, silence, σιωπησάμενος τὰ πλήθη [Refs 2nd c.BC+]