# G4623 σιωπάω

σιωπάω (siōpáō), Strong’s G4623: properly, muteness, i.e. involuntary stillness, or inability to speak; and thus differing from G4602 (σιγή), which is rather a voluntary refusal or… KJV: dumb, (hold)…

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*siōpáō* — properly, muteness, i.e. involuntary stillness, or inability to speak; and thus differing from G4602 (σιγή), which is rather a voluntary refusal or…

KJV: dumb, (hold) peace

Occurs 43 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 20:31](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/20?v=31) — The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on…
- [Matthew 26:63](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=63) — But Yeshua stayed silent. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God that you tell us whether you…
- [Mark 3:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/3?v=4) — He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good or to do harm? To save a life or to kill?” But they were…
- [Mark 4:39](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/4?v=39) — He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.
- [Mark 9:34](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/9?v=34) — But they were silent, for they had disputed with one another on the way about who was the greatest.
- [Mark 10:48](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/10?v=48) — Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”
- [Mark 14:61](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/14?v=61) — But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the…
- [Luke 1:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/1?v=20) — Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak until the day that these things will happen, because you didn’t…
- [Acts 18:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/18?v=9) — The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;
- [1 Esdras 4:41](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-esdras/4?v=41) — With that, he stopped speaking. Then all the people shouted and said, “Great is truth, and strong above all things!”