Strong's Greek: 4601. σιγάω (sigaó) -- to keep silent, to keep secret

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Lexicon

sigaó: to keep silent, to keep secret

Original Word: σιγάω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: sigaó
Phonetic Spelling: (see-gah'-o)
Short Definition: I keep silent
Definition: intrans: I am silent, keep silence; trans: I keep secret; pass: I am kept secret.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from sigé
Definition
to keep silent, to keep secret
NASB Translation
became silent (1), keep silent (3), kept secret (1), kept silent (2), quiet (1), silent (1), stopped speaking (1).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 4601: σιγάω

σιγάω, σίγω; 1 aorist ἐσίγησα; perfect passive participle σεσιγημενος; (σιγή); from Homer down; to keep silence, hold one's peace: Luke 9:36; Luke 18:39 L T Tr WH; (Luke 20:26); Acts 12:17; Acts 15:12; 1 Corinthians 14:28, 30, 34; passive, to be kept in silence, be concealed, Romans 16:25. (Synonym: see ἡσυχάζω.)

Strong's

hold peace, be silent

From sige; to keep silent (transitively or intransitively) -- keep close (secret, silence), hold peace.

see GREEK sige