'Answer' in the Bible

And he saith to Gehazi, 'Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go; when thou dost meet a man, thou dost not salute him; and when a man doth salute thee, thou dost not answer him; and thou hast laid my staff on the face of the youth.'

And the people have kept silent, and have not answered him a word, for the command of the king is, saying, 'Do not answer him.'