- Transliteration: Siopao

- Phonetic: see-o-pah'-o

- Definition:

1. to be silent, hold one's peace

a. used of one's silence because dumb

2. metaph. of a calm, quiet sea

- Origin: from siope (silence, i.e. a hush, properly, muteness, i.e. involuntary stillness, or inability to speak, and thus differing from G4602" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4602, which is rather a voluntary refusal or indisposition to speak, although the terms are often used synonymously)

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From σιωπη siō pē (silence that is a hush; properly muteness that is involuntary stillness or inability ot speak; and thus differing from G4602" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4602 which is rather a voluntary refusal or indisposition to speak although the terms are often used synonymously); to be dumb (but not deaf also like G2974" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2974 properly); figuratively to be calm (as quiet water): - dumb (hold) peace.