σιγάω sigaō

Greek word for “be silent” · Strong’s G4601 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

σιγάω, -ῶ; (σιγή); 1.

How it is translated

Glosses given for sigaō in context, with how often each is used:

• should be silent 3
• silent 2
• may be silent 1
• became silent 1
• kept silent 1
• being silent 1
• kept secret 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 14 (3), Acts 15 (2), Luke 9 (1), Luke 18 (1), Luke 20 (1), Acts 12 (1), Romans 16 (1)

Forms

• ἐσίγησαν 2
• σιγάτω 2
• σιγήσῃ 1
• σιγᾶν 1
• ἐσίγησεν 1
• σιγῆσαι 1
• σεσιγημένου 1
• σιγάτωσαν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sigaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Ἰάκωβος Iakōbos “James” 2
• ἀπαγγέλλω apangellō “to announce” 2
• ἐκκλησία ekklēsia “assembly” 2
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 2
• ἐάν ean “if” 2
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 2
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 2

Key verses

The verses using sigaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Luke 9:36 — 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.
• Luke 18:39 — And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
• Luke 20:26 — And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
• Acts 12:17 — 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…
• Acts 15:12 — 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.
• Acts 15:13 — And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
• Romans 16:25 — 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…
• 1 Corinthians 14:28 — But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
• 1 Corinthians 14:30 — If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
• 1 Corinthians 14:34 — Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.