4601

4601 ~σιγάω~ sigao \@see-gah’-o\@ from 4602; ; v AV-hold (one’s) peace 4, keep silence 3, keep close 1, keep secret 1; 9

1) to keep silence, hold one’s peace

2) to be kept in silence, be concealed

• This is not the same silence we see in Matthew 22:34, Mark 1:25,

Mark 4:39, and 1 Peter 2:15. 5392 the Greek word φιμόω phimoo

• Nor is it the word ~ἡσυχία~ hesuchia 2271 meaning "the life of one who stays at home doing his own work, and does not officiously meddle with the affairs of others."
• We do see hesuchia in 1 Timothy 2:11-12 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence."