'Answer' in the Bible

So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tuck your mantle under your belt, take my staff with you, and go. If you meet anyone, don’t stop to greet him, and if a man greets you, don’t answer him. Then place my staff on the boy’s face.”

But the people kept silent; they didn’t say anything, for the king’s command was, “Don’t answer him.”