σιγάω
sigáō
“to keep silent (transitively or intransitively)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to keep silent (transitively or intransitively)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to be silent, keep silence, Lk. 9:36; 20:26; Acts 15:12f.; 1 Cor. 14:28, 30, 34; Lk. 18:39; trans. to keep in silence, not to reveal, to conceal; pass. to be concealed, not to be revealed, Rom. 16:25*
Translated in KJV as
keep close (secret, silence)hold peace
Etymology
from G4602 (σιγή);
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