Quick Definition
σιγάω v. I keep silent
Strong's Definition
from 4602; to keep silent (transitively or intransitively)
KJV Usage: keep close (secret, silence), hold peace
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σιγάω, -@; 1 aor. ἐσίγησα ; pf. pass. ptep. σεσιγημένος ; (σιγήν) ; fr. Hom. down; to keep silence, hold one’s peace: Lk. ix. 36; xviii. 39 LT Tr WH; [xx. 26]; Acts xii. 17; xv. 12sq.; 1 Co. xiv. 28, 30, 34; pass. to be kept in silence, be concealed, Ro. xvi. 25. [Syn. see ἡσυχάζω.}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σιγάω sigaō 10x
to be silent, keep silence, Lk. 9:36; 20:26; Acts 15:12f.; 1 Cor. 14:28, 30, 34; Lk. 18:39; trans. to keep in silence, not to reveal, to conceal; pass. to be concealed, not to be revealed, Rom. 16:25*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σιγάω, -ῶ
(< σιγή), [in LXX for חרשׁ, חשׁה, etc. ;]
intrans., to be silent, keep silence: Lk 9:36 18:39 20:26, Ac 12:17 15:12, 13, I Co 14:28, 30, 34.
Trans., to keep secret; pass., to be kept secret: Ro 16:25.†
SYN.: ἡσυχάζω, σιωπάω
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σιγάω. The verb is restored (Bertchtigungen, p. 322) in P Oxy III. 471% (ii/A.D.), where an advocate asks—ratr[a δὲ ἐκ] τίνος ait[(Jas o[eolyn]kas; “‘ what reason had you for being silent regarding this?” For the comp? κατασιγάω, ““ become silent,” cf. CP Herm I. 251}: (iii/A.D.) οὔτε συσκευα[ὶ οὔ]τε ἀπειλαὶ κατεσίγησαν pl. .. Herwerden (Lex, s.v.) cites the saying of Simonides apud Plut. Jor, 125 D ἔλεγε μηδέποτ᾽ αὐτῷ μεταμελῆσαι σιγήσαντι, φθεγξαμένῳ δὲ πολλάκις.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σιγάω (sigaō) — be silent. σῑγάω, Doric dialect 2nd pers. singular σιγῇς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Cyrenaic infinitive σιγέν [Refs]; 1st pers. singular optative σιγῷμ (ι) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] later -ήσω [Refs 1st c.BC+]: perfect σεσίγηκα [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, future σιγηθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐσιγήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect σεσίγημαι (see. below): (σιγή):— keep silence, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+], hush! be still! [Refs 8th c.BC+], Trag., and Attic dialect, as [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τοῦτο, ἐν τούτῳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. metaphorically of things, σιγῶν δ᾽ ὄλεθρος καὶ μέγα φωνοῦντ᾽.. ἀμαθύνει [Refs 5th c.BC+], secret, mystical:—passive, μέμψομαι σιωπὴν ὡς ἐσιλγήθη κακῶς I shall impute as a fault that silence was kept, [Refs]; also τί σεσίγηται δόμος Ἀδμήτο; why is it all silent? [Refs]; σιγῶντα λέγειν, λέγοντα σιγᾶν, phrases illustrating a logical fallacy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. transitive, hold silent, keep secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.:—passive, to be kept silent or secret, σεσιγαμένον χρῆμα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐσιγάθη δ᾽ ἂν ὑφορβός would never have been heard of, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]