G4623 – siopao – σιωπάω – dumb, (hold) peace
- Strong’s ID:
- G4623
- Greek Word:
- σιωπάω
- Transliteration:
- siopao
- Pronunciation:
- see-o-pah’-o
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Usage Count:
- 11
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- Find “siopao” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from σιωπη siope (silence, i.e. a hush; properly, muteness, i.e. involuntary stillness, or inability to 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.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to be silent, hold one’s peace
1a) used of one’s silence because dumb
2) metaphorically of a calm, quiet sea
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.