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Concordances
Thompson Chain Reference
• Silenced, Men
• Silence-Speech
• Silence
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Dictionaries
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Scoffer: Silenced
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Silence
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Silence
King James Dictionary
• Silence
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Silence
• Great Silence
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Silence
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Silence
Webster Dictionary
• Silencing
• Silencer
• Silenced
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Silence
Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Silence
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Silence, Worship of
• Towers of Silence
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Silence
Lexicons
• ܫܰܠܝܳܐ
• ܫܬ݂ܶܩ
• ܫܶܬ݂ܩܳܐ
• Aposiopesis; or Sudden-Silence
• ἐπιστομίζω
• σιγάω
• σιγή
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• אָלַם , אָלַם
• דוּמָּה
• דוּמִּיָּה
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This word not only signifies to refrain from speaking; but also in the style of the Hebrews, it is taken for, "to be quiet, to remain immovable." As for example: "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon," in Hebrew, be silent. "And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed," Joshua 10:12-13 , or were silent, at the commandment of Joshua.