σιωπάω (siōpaō) means “be quiet” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: see-o-pah'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
σιωπάω · siōpaō · be quiet
σιωπάω, -ῶ (σιωπή, silence) [in LXX for חָשָׁה, חָרַשׁ hi., etc. ;] to be silent or still, keep silence: Mat.20:31 26:63, Mrk.3:4 9:34 10:48 14:61, Luk.19:4, Act.18:9; of one dumb, Luk.1:20 (cf. 4Ma.10:18); addressed rhetorically to the sea, σιώπα, Mrk.4:39.† SYN.: ἡσυχάζω, σιγάω (which see) (AS)
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I keep silence, am silent, either voluntarily or involuntarily.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| be silent | 2 |
| they were silent | 2 |
| jesus remained silent | 1 |
| remain silent | 1 |
| remained silent | 1 |
| silence | 1 |
| silent | 1 |
| to be silent | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| peace | 2 |
| dumb | 1 |
| he held his peace | 1 |
| he should hold | 1 |
| he should hold his peace | 1 |
| held his peace | 1 |
| held their peace | 1 |
| hold | 1 |
| should hold their peace | 1 |
| they held their peace | 1 |
| they should hold their peace | 1 |
| thy peace | 1 |
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The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Read word by wordBut Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
Read word by wordAnd He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.
Read word by wordThen Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.
Read word by wordBut they were silent, for on the way they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest.
Read word by wordMany people admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Read word by wordBut Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
Read word by wordAnd now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
Read word by word“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
Read word by wordOne night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
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