Strong G70ἀγρυπνία
sleeplessness
- Transliteration
- agrupnia
- Pronunciation
- ag-roop-nee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G69; sleeplessness that is a keeping awake: - watch.
Detailed definition
ἀγρυπνία, -ας, ἡ (see supr.),
[in LXX: Si.9, 2Ma.2:26 *;]
sleeplessness, watching: 2Co.6:5 11:27. (Plat., Hdt.; for exx. in π., see MM, VGT, see word) †
(AS)
[in LXX: Si.9, 2Ma.2:26 *;]
sleeplessness, watching: 2Co.6:5 11:27. (Plat., Hdt.; for exx. in π., see MM, VGT, see word) †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G70 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- watching2
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 6:5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
- 2 Corinthians 11:27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀγρυπν-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, sleeplessness, wakefulness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.3, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 43b, etc.; in _plural_, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 42; ἀγρυπνίησιν εἴχετο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.129, compare “IG” 4.952.50 (Epid.), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 27, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 460d.)]
II time of watching, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 368b; οἱ τῆς ἀ. ἄρχοντες 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 13 “Pr.”)]
III of poetry, product of sleepless nights, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 29.4. [ι- in 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.511.])]
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, sleeplessness, wakefulness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.3, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 43b, etc.; in _plural_, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 42; ἀγρυπνίησιν εἴχετο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.129, compare “IG” 4.952.50 (Epid.), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 27, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 460d.)]
II time of watching, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 368b; οἱ τῆς ἀ. ἄρχοντες 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 13 “Pr.”)]
III of poetry, product of sleepless nights, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 29.4. [ι- in 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.511.])]