Revelation 8:1
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And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven, as it were for half an hour.

And.

Revelation 5:1,9 And I saw, in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book, written within and without, sealed with seven seals. . . .

Revelation 6:1,3,5,7,9,12 And I saw that the Lamb had opened one of the seven seals: and I heard one of the four living creatures, as it were the voice of thunder, saying: Come and see. . . .

silence.

Job 4:16 There stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice, as it were, of a gentle wind.

Psalm 37:7 Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.

Psalm 62:1 Unto the end, for Idithun, a psalm of David. [2] Shall not my soul be subject to God? for from him is my salvation.

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Habakkuk 2:20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

Zechariah 2:13 Let all flesh be silent at the presence of the Lord: for he is risen up out of his holy habitation.

Context
The Seventh Seal
1And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven, as it were for half an hour. 2And I saw seven angels standing in the presence of God: and there were given to them seven trumpets.…
Cross References
Matthew 27:66
And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone and setting guards.

Revelation 5:1
And I saw, in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book, written within and without, sealed with seven seals.

Revelation 6:1
And I saw that the Lamb had opened one of the seven seals: and I heard one of the four living creatures, as it were the voice of thunder, saying: Come and see.

Revelation 6:3
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying: Come and see.

Lexicon
When
ὅταν (hotan)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3752: When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.

[the Lamb] opened
ἤνοιξεν (ēnoixen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 455: To open. From ana and oigo; to open up.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

seventh
ἑβδόμην (hebdomēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1442: Seventh. Ordinal from hepta; seventh.

seal,
σφραγῖδα (sphragida)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4973: Probably strengthened from phrasso; a signet; by implication, the stamp impressed, literally or figuratively.

there was
ἐγένετο (egeneto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

silence
σιγὴ (sigē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4602: Silence. Apparently from sizo; silence.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

heaven
οὐρανῷ (ouranō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

for about
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

half an hour.
ἡμιώριον (hēmiōrion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2256: Half an hour. From the base of hemisu and hora; a half-hour.


Additional Translations
When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

And when He opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

And when it opened the seventh seal, there was silence in the heaven about half an hour.

And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in Heaven for about half an hour.

When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

And when he openeth the seventh seal, there came silence in the heaven about half-an-hour,
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