be silent
sigao describes becoming quiet, remaining quiet, or being told to stop speaking in particular situations.
The occurrences chiefly concern silence in speech: people are directed to stop speaking or remain quiet in an assembly or conversation, while other passages describe a group or individuals becoming silent, withholding an announcement, or finishing speech before another responds.
Senses in use
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Directing or requiring silence in speech · dominant
Present active forms give instructions concerning speech: in 1 Corinthians 14:28 the APB renders a speaker’s response to no interpreter as “let him be silent,” and in 1 Corinthians 14:30 it says “let the first be silent” when something is revealed to another seated person. In 1 Corinthians 14:34 the plural form addresses women in the assemblies, while Acts 12:17 depicts a hand motion requesting silence and Luke 18:39 reports an attempted restraint of a man’s cry.
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Becoming quiet or withholding speech · common
Aorist forms describe silence as a response or outcome. In Acts 15:12 the APB renders the assembly as having “fell silent” before listening to Barnabas and Paul; in Luke 20:26 opponents become silent after marveling at Jesus’ answer; and in Luke 9:36 the disciples are silent and announce nothing of what they had seen. Acts 15:13 places the aorist infinitive after the others finished speaking and before James replied.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the clauses as “be silent,” “fell silent,” “became silent,” and as finishing speaking. Because its English is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the surrounding situations of silence without assigning every English wording directly to the lemma.