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καθεύδω (G2518)

katheúdō

kath-yoo'-do

from κατά and (to sleep); to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively):--(be a-)sleep.

Abbott–Smith

καθεύδω, [in LXX chiefly for שׁכב, Ge 28:13, Ps 87 (88):5, al.; also for יָשֵׁן, Ca 5:2, Da LXX TH 12:2, al.; for ישׁב, I Ki 19:9;]
to sleep: Mt 8:24 9:24 13:25 25:5 26:40, 43, 45, Mk 4:27, 38 5:39 14:37, 40, 41, Lk 8:52 22:46, I Th 5:7. Metaph.,
(a) of death (as Ps 87 (88):5, Da LXX TH 12:2): I Th 5:10 (cf. Mt 9:24, Mk 5:39, Lk 8:52, and v. Swete, Mk 5:39);
(b) of moral and spiritual insensibility: Mk 13:36, Eph 5:14, I Th 5:6.†

SYN.: κοιμάω.

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


20 occurrences

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  • Mark 13:36
    Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
  • Mark 14:37
    And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
  • Mark 14:40
    And when he returned, he found them asleep again,(for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
  • Mark 14:41
    And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
  • Luke 8:52
    And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
  • Luke 22:46
    And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
  • Ephesians 5:14
    Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:6
    Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:7
    For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:10
    Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.