Lexicon sigé: silence Original Word: σιγή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: sigé Phonetic Spelling: (see-gay') Short Definition: silence Definition: silence. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitionsilence NASB Translationhush (1), silence (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4602: σιγήσιγή, σιγῆς, ἡ (from σίζω (onomatopoetic, Etym. Magn. 712, 29) i. e. to command silence by making the sound st or sch; (yet σιγή probably has no connection with σίζω, but is of European origin (cf. German schweigen); cf. Fick, Part 3:843; Curtius, § 572)), from Homer down, silence: Acts 21:40; Revelation 8:1.
Strong's silence. Apparently from sizo (to hiss, i.e. Hist or hush); silence -- silence. Compare siopao. see GREEK siopao |
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