Strong's G4623 σιωπάω (siopao)

But if he be wholly silent at her from day to day, then shall he bind upon her all her vows; and he shall confirm to her the obligations which she has bound upon herself, because he held his peace at her in the day in which he heard her.

And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Be silent and hear, O Israel; this day thou art become a people to the Lord thy God.

And he himself returned from the quarries that are by Gilgal; and Ehud said, I have a secret errand to thee, O king! and Eglon said to him, Be silent: and he sent away from his presence all who waited upon him.

And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know ye that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we are slow to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?

And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came to Elisha, and said to him, Dost thou know, that the Lord this day is going to take thy lord away from thy head? And he said, Yea, I know it; be silent.

And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him, Dost thou know that the Lord is about to take away thy master today from thy head? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold your peace.

And one man said to his neighbor, We are not doing well thus: this day is a day of glad tidings, and we hold our peace, and are waiting till the morning light, and shall find mischief: now then come, and let us go into the city, and report to the house of the king.

And it came to pass when the prophet was speaking to him, that he said to him, Have I made thee king’s counselor? take heed lest thou be scourged: and the prophet forebore, and said, I know that God is disposed against thee to destroy thee, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: And if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?

For wherefore have we been silent before thee like brutes?

Men heard me, and gave heed, And they were silent at my counsel.

My belly boiled, and would not cease: The days of poverty prevented me.

I will not be silent because of him: Though because of his power one shall pity his antagonist.

And they were silent, and none answered him a word; because the king had commanded that none should answer.

I have been silent: shall I also always be silent and forbear? I have endured like a travailing woman: I will now amaze and wither at once.

For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as light, and my salvation burn as a torch.

And on thy walls, O Jerusalem, have I set watchmen all day and all night, who shall never cease making mention of the Lord.

And for all these things thou, O Lord, hast withholden thyself, and been silent, and hast brought us very low.

Behold, it is written before me: I will not be silent until I have recompensed into their bosom,

I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction;

The elders of the daughter of Zion Have sat upon the ground, They have kept silence: They have cast up dust upon their heads; They have girded themselves with sackcloth: They have brought down to the ground The chief virgins in Jerusalem.

Their heart cried to the Lord, Ye walls of Zion, Pour down tears like torrents day and night: Give thyself no rest; Let not the apple of thine eyes cease.

He will sit alone, and be silent, Because he has borne it upon him.

Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.

And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.

But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.

And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

And with that he held his peace. And all the people then shouted, and said, Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.

But he said, Even if you take away the organ of speech, yet God hears the silent.

There is a reproof that is not comely: Again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.

There is one that keepeth silence, and is found wise: And another by much babbling becometh hateful.

Some man holdeth his tongue, because he hath not to answer: And some keepeth silence, knowing his time.

Give the Lord his honor with a good eye, And diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands.