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Silence
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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occurs in Acts 21:40; Revelation 8:1 , where the "silence" is introductory to the judgments following the opening of the seventh seal.
Note: For hesuchia, AV, "silence," Acts 22:2; 1 Timothy 2:11,12 , see QUIETNESS."to muzzle," is rendered "to put to silence" in Matthew 22:34; 1 Peter 2:15 . See MUZZLE , PEACE (hold), SPEECHLESS , STILL.
"to be silent:" see PEACE (hold), No. 1.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Silence'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/silence.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Silence'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/silence.html. 1940.