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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: σιγή

(Strong's #4602 — Noun Feminine — sige — see-gay' )

occurs in Acts 21:40; Revelation 8:1 , where the "silence" is introductory to the judgments following the opening of the seventh seal.

Note: For hesuchia, AV, "silence," Acts 22:2; 1 Timothy 2:11,12 , see QUIETNESS.

B — 1: φιμόω

(Strong's #5392 — Verb — phimoo — fee-mo'-o )

"to muzzle," is rendered "to put to silence" in Matthew 22:34; 1 Peter 2:15 . See MUZZLE , PEACE (hold), SPEECHLESS , STILL.

B — 2: σιγάω

(Strong's #4601 — Verb — sigao — see-gah'-o )

"to be silent:" see PEACE (hold), No. 1.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Silence'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/silence.html. 1940.
 
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