G4601
G4601 — σιγάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
sigao (see-gah'-o) v.
1. to keep silent (transitively or intransitively)
[from G4602]
KJV: keep close (secret, silence), hold peace
Root(s): G4602
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
keep close (secret, silence), hold peace
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σιγάω, σίγω; 1 aorist ἐσίγησα; perfect passive participle σεσιγημενος; (σιγή); from Homer down; to keep silence, hold one’s peace: Luk 9:36; Luk 18:39 L T Tr WH; (Luk 20:26); Act 12:17; Act 15:12; 1Co 14:28; 1Co 14:30; 1Co 14:34; passive, to be kept in silence, be concealed, Rom 16:25. (Synonym: see ἡσυχάζω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σιγάω (keep close (secret)
Luke 9:36
- KJV: And when the voice was past Jesus was found alone And they kept it close and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen
- GK: και εν τω γενέσθαι την φωνήν ευρέθη ο Ιησούς μόνος και αυτοί εσίγησαν και ούδενι απήγγειλαν εν εκείναις ταις ημέραις ουδέν ων εωράκασιν
Luke 20:26
- KJV: And they could not take hold of his words before the people and they marvelled at his answer and held their peace
- GK: και ουκ ίσχυσαν επιλαβέσθαι αυτού ρήματος εναντίον του λαού και θαυμάσαντες επί τη αποκρίσει αυτού εσίγησαν
Acts 12:17
- KJV: But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison And he said Go shew these things unto James and to the brethren And he departed and went into another place
- GK: κατασείσας δε αυτοίς τη χειρί σιγάν διηγήσατο αυτοίς πως ο κύριος αυτόν εξήγαγεν εκ της φυλακής είπε δε απαγγείλατε Ιακώβω και τοις αδελφοίς ταύτα και εξελθών επορεύθη εις έτερον τόπον
Acts 15:12
- KJV: Then all the multitude kept silence and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them
- GK: εσίγησε δε παν το πλήθος και ήκουον Βαρνάβα και Παύλου εξηγουμένων όσα εποίησεν ο θεός σημεία και τέρατα εν τοις έθνεσι δι΄ αυτών
Acts 15:13
- KJV: And after they had held their peace James answered saying Men brethren hearken unto me
- GK: μετά δε το σιγήσαι αυτούς απεκρίθη Ιάκωβος λέγων άνδρες αδελφοί ακούσατέ μου
Romans 16:25
- KJV: Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret since the world began
- GK: τω δε δυναμένω υμάς στηρίξαι κατά το ευαγγέλιόν μου και το κήρυγμα Ιησού χριστού κατά αποκάλυψιν μυστηρίου χρόνοις αιωνίοις σεσιγημένου
1 Corinthians 14:28
- KJV: But if there be no interpreter let him keep silence in the church and speak to himself and to God
- GK: εάν δε μη η διερμηνευτής σιγάτω εν εκκλησία εαυτώ δε λαλείτω και τω θεώ
1 Corinthians 14:30
- KJV: If be revealed another that sitteth by let the first hold his peace
- GK: εάν δε άλλω αποκαλυφθή καθημένω ο πρώτος σιγάτω
1 Corinthians 14:34
- KJV: Let your women keep silence in the churches for it is not permitted unto them to speak but to be under obedience as also saith the law
- GK: αι γυναίκες υμών εν ταις εκκλησίαις σιγάτωσαν ου γαρ επιτέτραπται αυταίς λαλείν αλλ΄ υποτάσσεσθαι καθώς και ο νόμος λέγει