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silence

Meaning of “silence”

Absence or cessation of sound or speech; quietness, stillness, restraint from speaking, or the condition of being made unable or unwilling to answer.

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35 occurrences34 verses15 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Judges 3:19

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Acts 15:12
¶ Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 15:12 · retained source text

¶ Then all the multitude kept silence, and gaue audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

Acts 21:40
And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 21:40 · retained source text

And when he had giuen him licence, Paul stood on the staires, and beckened with the hand vnto the people: and when there was made a great silence, he spake vnto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying.

Acts 22:2
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
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1611 witness · Acts 22:2 · retained source text

(And when they heard that hee spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

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