Dictionaries :: Silence

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Silence:

si'-lens: Five Hebrew roots, with various derivatives, and two Greek words are thus translated. The word is used literally for dumbness, interrupted speech, as in La 2:10; Ps 32:3; Ec 3:7; Am 5:13; Ac 15:12; 1Co 14:28; 1Ti 2:11,12 the King James Version (the American Standard Revised Version "quietness"); Re 8:1, or figuratively of the unanswered prayers of the believer (Ps 83:1; 35:22; Jer 8:14); of awe in the presence of the Divine Majesty (Isa 41:1; Zec 2:13), or of death (1Sa 2:9; Ps 94:17; 115:17).

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Silence:

occurs in Act 21:40; Rev 8:1, where the "silence" is introductory to the judgments following the opening of the seventh seal.

Note: For hesuchia, AV, "silence," Act 22:2; 1Ti 2:11, 12, see QUIETNESS.

Silence:

"to muzzle," is rendered "to put to silence" in Mat 22:34; 1Pe 2:15.
See MUZZLE, PEACE (hold), SPEECHLESS, STILL.

Silence:

"to be silent:" see PEACE (hold), No. 1.