'Silenced' in the Bible
When the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they came together.
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, 'Be silenced, and come forth out of him,'
And Jesus did rebuke him, saying, 'Be silenced, and come forth out of him;' and the demon having cast him into the midst, came forth from him, having hurt him nought;
This statement of Peter's silenced his opponents. They extolled the goodness of God, and said, "So, then, to the Gentiles also God has given the repentance which leads to Life."
Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
for the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets [the prophecy is under the speaker’s control, and he can stop speaking];
As surely as the truth of the Messiah is in me, my boasting will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way.