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G4602 σιγή (sigḗ)

Greek
Noun, Feminine
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Quick Definition

σιγή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. silence

Strong's Definition

silence

Derivation: apparently from (to hiss, i.e. hist or hush);

KJV Usage: silence

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ῆς | σιγάω

33.120 · Communication · Keep Silent

silence the absence of noise It is possible that σιγή in REV 8:1 does not refer to verbal silence.

ACT 21:40 · REV 8:1

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

σιγή, -ῆς, ἡ, (fr. σίζω [onomatopoetic, Etym. Magn. 712, 29] i.e. to command silence by making the sound δὲ or sch; [yet σιγή prob. has no connection with σίζω, but is of European origin (ef. Germ. schweigen); ef. Fick, Pt. iii. 843 ; Curtius 8. 5712), fr. Hom. down, silence: Acts xxi. 40; Rev. viii. 1.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

σιγή sigē 2x

silence, Acts 21:40; Rev. 8:1*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** σιγή, -ῆς, ἡ

[in LXX: Wi 18:14, III Mac 3:23 * ;]

silence: Ac 21:40, Re 8:1.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

σιγή, “silence”: Aazdel 99 (iv/A.D.) πῶς κρυερὴ σιγή. For the usage in Rev 81 cf. Dieterich Afithrasliturgie p. 42 σιγή, σιγή, σιγή, σύμβολον θεοῦ ζῶντος ἀφθάρτου φύλαξόν pe σιγή (cited by Wendland Urchr. Literaturformen,* p- 382 n%.). See Aristeas 95 for the σιγή which prevailed during temple services. Reference may also be made to G. Mensching Das Hetlige Schweigen (Religionsgesch. Versuche und Vorarbetten, xx. 2), Giessen, 1926.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

σιγή (sigē) — silence. σῑγ-ή, Doric dialect σιγά, ἡ, silence, σ. ἔχειν keep silence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ποιήσασθαι make silence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλῶν φάρμακον κακῶν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυσμενὴς τῇ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄγαν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b in a mystical or religious sense,[NT]

II. σιγῇ, as adverb, in silence, the only case used by [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also διὰ σιγῆς, μετὰ σ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: like{σῖγα}, as an exclamation, σιγῇ νῦν be silent now! [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.2. in an undertone, in a whisper, secretly [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σιγῇ ἔχειν τι keep it secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σιγᾷ καλύψαι, σιγῇ στέγειν, κεύθειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. with genitive, σιγῇ τινος unknown to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

σιγή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX: Wis.18:14, 3Ma.3:23 * ;] silence: Act.21:40, Rev.8:1.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

8:1

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