SILENCE

si'-lens: Five Hebrew roots, with various derivatives, and two Greek words are thus translated. The word is used literally for dumbness, interrupted speech, as in Lamentations 2:10 Psalm 32:3 Ecclesiastes 3:7 Amos 5:13 Acts 15:12 1 Corinthians 14:28; 1 Timothy 2:11, 12 the King James Version (the American Standard Revised Version "quietness"); Revelation 8:1, or figuratively of the unanswered prayers of the believer (Psalm 83:1; Psalm 35:22 Jeremiah 8:14); of awe in the presence of the Divine Majesty (Isaiah 41:1 Zechariah 2:13), or of death (1 Samuel 2:9 Psalm 94:17; Psalm 115:17).