4602 - sigé

Strong's Concordance

Original word: σιγή
Transliteration: sigé
Definition (short): hush
Definition (full): silence

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. word
Definition: silence
NASB Translation: hush (1), silence (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Apparently from sizo (to hiss, i.e. Hist or hush); silence -- silence. Compare siopao.

see GREEK siopao

References

Strong's 4602: 2 Occurrences
KJV: And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
NASB: When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying,
KJV: And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
NASB: When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.