σιωπάω

σιωπάω impf. ἐσιώπων; fut. σιωπήσω; 1 aor. ἐσιώπησα; pf. 1 pl. σεσιωπήκαμεν Job 18:3; mid. fut. σιωπήσομαι LXX (Hom. et al.; pap, LXX; TestSol 6:11; TestJob, Test12Patr, ParJer, Philo; Jos., Vi. 195; 338; Mel., P. 25, 177; Ath. 21, 3) prim. ‘be silent’.

① to refrain from speaking or making a sound, keep silent, say nothing, make no sound Mt 26:63 (Maximus Tyr. 3, 7e, Socr. before a jury. On the subject-matter cp. Diog. L. 3, 19 Plato before the popular assembly on Aegina, on trial for his life: μηδʼ ὁτιοῦν φθέγξασθαι=did not say a single word; Eur. in Plut., Mor. 532f); Mk 3:4; 9:34; 14:61; Ac 18:9 (opp. λαλεῖν as PGM 5, 292; cp. Theophr., Charac. 7); IEph 15:1 (opp. λαλεῖν); IRo 2:1a; GPt 4:10. ς. περί τινος be silent concerning someone IEph 3:2. ς. ἀπό τινος be silent and leave someone alone IRo 2:1b.

② to disrupt the process of speaking or making a sound, stop speaking, be/become quiet

ⓐ of humans (Menand., Georg. 54; Plut., Mor. 434f; Herm. Wr. 1, 16; TestJos 9:4; Jos., Ant. 7, 378; Mel., P. 25, 177) Mt 20:31; Mk 10:48; Lk 18:39 v.l.; 19:40; MPol 7:3; GMary 463, 3—Be silent in the sense lose the ability to speak Lk 1:20.

ⓑ not of humans: of swine B 10:3 (opp. κραυγάζειν).—Metaph., of the wind and waves in a storm Mk 4:39 (cp. the imagery Theocr., Idyll 2, 38 σιγᾷ πόντος).—B. 1259. Schmidt, Syn. I 224. DELG. M-M. S. σιγάω.