- σιγή
- σιγή, ῆς, ἡ (s. prec. entry; Hom. et al.; Wsd 18:14; 3 Macc 3:23; En 89:46; EpArist; Jos., Vi. 417; Just., D. 103, 9; Ath., R. 19 p. 71, 30) the absence of all noise, whether made by speaking or by anything else, silence, quiet 1 Cl 21:7. σιγῆς ὑπαρχούσης when it was quiet on ship AcPl Ha 7, 25. πολλῆς σιγῆς γενομένης when a great silence had fallen = when they had become silent Ac 21:40 (likew. Ps.-Callisth. 2, 15, 6; without πολλῆς Arrian, Anab. 4, 12, 2; Vi. Aesopi W 87 P.; Jos., Vi. 141, Ant. 5, 236); cp. the dramatic silence in Rv 8:1, which may imply lack of both verbal and other type of sound, for the opening of six previous seals is accompanied either by verbal declarations or celestial phenomena (s. Clemen2 391; WBeet, ET 44, ’33, 74–76). σιγὴν ἔχειν be silent (Appian, Hann. 14 §60; Arrian, Anab. 5, 1, 4; Paroem. Gr.: App. 3, 7) Hs 9, 11, 5. ἀνάπαυσιν ἐν σιγῇ rest in silence GMary 463, 2. Christ is called αὐτοῦ λόγος, ἀπὸ σιγῆς προελθών (God’s) Word, proceeding from silence=without audible expression IMg 8:2 (cp. the corollary: ἃ … οὖς οὐκ ἠκουσεν 1 Cor 2:9; for other views on the text and subj.-matter s. Hdb. ad loc.; H-WBartsch, Gnost. Gut u. Gemeindetradition b. Ign. v. Ant. ’40. On the deity that is silence and that can be rightly worshiped only in silence, s. Mesomedes 1, 1–3 [=Coll. p. 197], addressing the goddess: Ἀρχὰ καὶ πάντων γέννα | πρεσβίστα κόσμου μᾶτερ | καὶ νὺξ καὶ φῶς καὶ σιγά; Porphyr., Abst. 2, 34 διὰ σιγῆς καθαρᾶς θρησκεύομεν [θεόν]; Sextus 578 τιμὴ μεγίστη θεῷ θεοῦ γνῶσις ἐν σιγῇ; PGM 4, 558ff λέγε• σιγή, σιγή, σιγή, σύμβολον θεοῦ ζῶντος ἀφθάρτου• φύλαξόν με, σιγή; 1782. Hermes in Iambl., De Myst. 8, 3 ὸ̔ δὴ διὰ σιγῆς μόνης θεραπεύεται. Herm. Wr. 10, 5 ἡ γὰρ γνῶσις αὐτοῦ βαθεῖα σιωπή ἐστι. Martyr. Petri Aa I 96, 16ff.—HKoch, Ps.-Dionys. Areop. 1900, 128ff; OCasel, De Philosophorum Graecorum Silentio Mystico 1919, Vom hl. Schweigen: Bened. Monats-schr. 3, 1921, 417ff; GMensching, Das hl. Schweigen 1926).—DELG s.v. σῖγα. M-M. Sv.
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