G4602

σιγή

sigē

Feminine noun · Appr. from sizo (to hiss, i.e. hist or hush)

Apparently from σίζω sízō (to hiss, i.e. hist or hush); silence:—silence. Compare G4623.

Outline

silence

Usages

Acts 21:40

And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

Strongs concordance

Revelation 8:1

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

Breakdown

John had to wait for the next revelation for around a literal half an hour.

Strongs concordance