noun · feminine
sigas
Strong’sG4602
silence
stem sig-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** σιγή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: Wi 18:14, III Mac 3:23 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4602 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsee-gay'
silence
Fromapparently from σίζω (to hiss, i.e. hist or hush);
King Jamessilence.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Doric dialect σιγά, ἡ, silence, σ. ἔχειν keep silence, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. ποιήσασθαι make silence, Refs 5th c.BC+; πολλῶν φάρμακον κακῶν σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; δυσμενὴς τῇ σ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἄγαν σ. Refs 5th c.BC+
b in a mystical or religious sense,NT
II σιγῇ, as adverb, in silence, the only case used by Refs 8th c.BC+; also διὰ σιγῆς, μετὰ σ., Refs 5th c.BC+: like{σῖγα}, as an exclamation, σιγῇ νῦν be silent now! Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 in an undertone, in a whisper, secretly Refs 5th c.BC+; σιγῇ ἔχειν τι keep it secret, Refs 5th c.BC+; σιγᾷ καλύψαι, σιγῇ στέγειν, κεύθειν, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 with genitive, σιγῇ τινος unknown to him, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sigas1×σιγὴ | sigais |
| object accusative | sigan | sigain |
| direct address vocative | sigar | sigair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sigau1×σιγῆς | sigaiu |
| to, for dative | siga | sigai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
siga is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
sigas“silence”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 8:1… anoigata tan sfragidan tan hebdoman, geneta sigas en to ourano hōs hēmiōriem.… opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an …
sigau“hush”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 21:40… ta cheira to lao, pollau de sigau generantau prosfōnata ta Hebraida dialekta legarōntos… motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he …