Words the Bible translates as silence
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- damamדָּמַםto fall still: to cease speaking or moving, and so to grow silent, stand motionless, or be brought to an end
- hēsuchiaἡσυχίαquietness: a calm, settled, peaceable manner or state, the opposite of agitation rather than the absence of speech
- hasahהַסHush!: a clipped order to stop talking at once, and the act of hushing someone into silence.
- sigēσιγήsilencenot studied yet
- dumiyyahדּוּמִיָּהsilencenot studied yet
- dumamדּוּמָםsilencenot studied yet
- demamahדְּמָמָהa hush: the stillness that settles when wind, sea, or noise dies away
- dumahדּוּמָהsilencenot studied yet
- epistomizōἐπιστομίζωto silencenot studied yet
- elemאֵלֶםsilencenot studied yet
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