This passage in 1 Corinthians 14:34 is often interpreted to mean that women are not permitted to speak in the 'church'. Implied is 'in the building on Sundays when the church gathers'.
However, ekklesia is not a building, but a community gathered...this extends it to any gathering of the community (and not 'as' community only, as our faith fills our entire life).
So, it cannot mean that in any and every gathering of the saints, women saints are to be mute. That would contradict both Acts 2:17 and the wider statements about the gathering in 1 Corinthians 11 to 14.
Given that the word sigaō has a wider meaning than 'silent', including being translated as 'hold one's peace' it sounds like Paul is seeking 'good order' as he is elsewhere in the 'gatherings' segment of 1 Corinthians.
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