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, Psalms 32:3, Ecclesiastes 3:7, Amos 5:13, Acts 15:12, 1 Corinthians 14:28, 1 Timothy 2:11, 1 Timothy 2:12 the King James Version (the American Standard Revised Version "quietness"); Revelation 8:1, or figuratively of the unanswered prayers of the believer (Psalms 83:1, Psalms 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, Psalms 94:17, Psalms 115:17).