Quick Definition
silence
Strong's Definition
silence
Derivation: apparently from (to hiss, i.e. hist or hush);
KJV Usage: silence
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σιγή, 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: Act_21:40; Rev_8:1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σιγή sigē 2x
silence, Act_21:40 ; Rev_8:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** σιγή , -ῆς , ἡ ,
[in LXX : Wis_18:14 , 3Ma_3:23 * ;]
silence: Act_21:40 , Rev_8:1 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σιγή [page 574]
silence : Kaibel 99 .1 (iv/A.D.) πῶς κρυερὴ σιγή . For the usage in Rev_8:1 cf. Dieterich Mithrasliturgie p. 42 σιγή , σιγή , σιγή , σύμβολον θεοῦ ζῶντος ἀφθάρτου φύλαξόν με σιγή (cited by Wendland Urchr. Literaturformen, 2 p. 382 n .3 .). See Aristeas 95 for the σιγή which prevailed during temple services. Reference may also be made to G. Mensching Das Heilige Schweigen ( Religionsgesch. Versuche und Vorarbeiten , xx. 2), Giessen, 1926.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σιγή σι_γη, doric σιγά, ἡ, "silence", σιγὴν ἔχειν to keep "silence", Hdt. ; σιγὴν ποιεῖσθαι to make "silence", id=Hdt. ; σιγὴν φυλάσσειν Eur. :—in pl., σιγαὶ ἀνέμων id=Eur. σιγῇ, as adv. "in silence", Hom. ; also like σῖγα, as an exclam., σιγῇ νυν (sc. ἔστε) "be silent now!" Od. ;also, "in an under tone, in a whisper", Hdt. ; σιγῇ βουλεύεσθαι Xen. "secretly", σιγῇ ἔχειν τι to keep it "secret", like σιωπᾶν, Hdt. ; σιγᾷ καλύψαι, στέγειν, κεύθειν Pind. , Soph. c. gen., σιγῇ τινος "unknown to" him, Hdt. , Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σιγή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: Wis.18:14, 3Ma.3:23 * ;]
silence: Act.21:40, Rev.8:1.†
(AS)