Quick Definition
σιγή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. silence
Strong's Definition
apparently from sizo (to hiss, i.e. hist or hush); silence
KJV Usage: silence. Compare 4623
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σιγή, -ῆς, ἡ, (fr. σίζω [onomatopoetic, Etym. Magn. 712, 29] i.e. to command silence by making the sound δὲ or sch; [yet σιγή prob. has no connection with σίζω, but is of European origin (ef. Germ. schweigen); ef. Fick, Pt. iii. 843 ; Curtius 8. 5712), fr. Hom. down, silence: Acts xxi. 40; Rev. viii. 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σιγή sigē 2x
silence, Acts 21:40; Rev. 8:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** σιγή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX: Wi 18:14, III Mac 3:23 * ;]
silence: Ac 21:40, Re 8:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σιγή, “silence”: Aazdel 99 (iv/A.D.) πῶς κρυερὴ σιγή. For the usage in Rev 81 cf. Dieterich Afithrasliturgie p. 42 σιγή, σιγή, σιγή, σύμβολον θεοῦ ζῶντος ἀφθάρτου φύλαξόν pe σιγή (cited by Wendland Urchr. Literaturformen,* p- 382 n%.). See Aristeas 95 for the σιγή which prevailed during temple services. Reference may also be made to G. Mensching Das Hetlige Schweigen (Religionsgesch. Versuche und Vorarbetten, xx. 2), Giessen, 1926.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σιγή (sigē) — silence. σῑγ-ή, Doric dialect σιγά, ἡ, silence, σ. ἔχειν keep silence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ποιήσασθαι make silence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλῶν φάρμακον κακῶν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυσμενὴς τῇ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἄγαν σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b in a mystical or religious sense,[NT]
II. σιγῇ, as adverb, in silence, the only case used by [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also διὰ σιγῆς, μετὰ σ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: like{σῖγα}, as an exclamation, σιγῇ νῦν be silent now! [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. in an undertone, in a whisper, secretly [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σιγῇ ἔχειν τι keep it secret, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σιγᾷ καλύψαι, σιγῇ στέγειν, κεύθειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. with genitive, σιγῇ τινος unknown to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]