Quick Definition
I keep silence
Strong's Definition
properly, muteness, i.e. involuntary stillness, or inability to speak; and thus differing from G4602 (σιγή), 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 2974 properly); figuratively, to be calm (as quiet water)
Derivation: from (silence, i.e. a hush;
KJV Usage: dumb, (hold) peace
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σιωπάω, σιώπω; imperfect, 3 person singular ἐσιώπα, 3 person plural ἐσιώπων; future σιωπήσω (Luk_19:40 L T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἐσιώπησα; (σιωπή silence); from Homer down; to be silent, hold one's peace: properly, Mat_20:31; Mat_26:63; Mar_3:4; Mar_9:34; Mar_10:48; Mar_14:61; Luk_18:39 R G; ; Act_18:9; used of one silent because dumb, Luk_1:20; 4Ma_10:18; likesileo in the Latin poets, used metaphorically of a calm, quiet sea ((in rhetorical command)): Mar_4:39. (Synonym: see ἡσυχάζω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σιωπάω siōpaō 10x
to be silent, keep silence, hold one s peace, Mat_20:31 ; Mat_26:63 ; Mar_3:4 ; Mar_9:34 ; Mar_10:48 ; Mar_14:61 ; Luk_19:40 ; Act_18:9 ; σιωπῶν , silent, dumb, Luk_1:20 ; met. to be silent, still, hushed, calm, as the sea, Mar_4:39 * quiet; silent.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σιωπάω , -ῶ
( <σιωπή , silence ),
[in LXX for H2814 , H2790 hi ., etc.;]
to be silent or still, keep silence: Mat_20:31 ; Mat_26:63 , Mar_3:4 ; Mar_9:34 ; Mar_10:48 ; Mar_14:61 , Luk_19:4 , Act_18:9 ; of one dumb, Luk_1:20 ( cf. 4Ma_10:18 ); addressed rhetorically to the sea, σιώπα , Mar_4:39 .†
SYN.: ἡσυχάζω G2270 , σιγάω G4601 ( q.v. ).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σιωπάω [page 576]
keep silence, am silent : P Oxy II. 237 v. 13 (A.D. 186) ὁ̣ δ̣ὲ παρὼν ἀναγνωσθέντος τοῦ βιβλειδίου πρὸ βήματος ἐσιώπησεν , cf. c. acc. ib. vi. 8 σιωπήσας γὰρ . . τὴν τοῦ Ῥούφου ἐπιστολὴν ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ ἐγράφη , ignoring entirely the circumstances under which the letter of Rufus was written (Edd.). Other exx. are P Oxy XII. 1468 .27 ( c. A.D. 258) τ̣[ῆ ]ς̣ κ̣[α ]κουργίας ταύτης μὴ σιωπη [σά ]σ̣ῃ , did not maintain silence about this fraud (Edd.), P Lond 46 .282 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 74) λαλούντων καὶ σιωπώντων , and Preisigke 4638 .8 (time of Philometor) κατὰ τὸ σιωπώμενον . Also Menander Fragm. 658 .2 p. 193 διὰ τοῦ σιωπᾶν πλεῖστα περὶ αὑτῆς λέγει .
For the subst. σιωπή , see P Flor III. 309 .5 (iv/A.D.) οὐ χρὴ σ [ι ]ωπῇ παραδ̣ίδοσθαι τὰ ὑπ᾽ αὐτῆς εἰρημένα παρὰ τοὺς νόμους , and Syll 645 (= .3 1047) .25 (i/B.C.) σιωπὴν κατακηρύξας ὁ κῆρυξ . Herwerden ( Lex. s.v. ) cites Euripides ap , Plut. Mor. 532 F τὴν σιωπὴν τοῖς σοφοῖς ἀπόκρισιν εἶναι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σιωπάω [Etym: σιωπή] "to be silent" or "still, keep silence", Hdt. , attic; φησὶν σιωπῶν, i. e. his silence gives consent, Eur. trans. "to hold silent, keep secret, not to speak of", Xen. , etc.:—Pass. "to be kept silent" or "secret", σιγῶσ᾽ ὧν σιωπᾶσθαι χρεών "keeping secret" things which ought "to be kept secret", Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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)