Strong G2518καθεύδω
to sleep
- Transliteration
- katheudō
- Pronunciation
- kath-yoo'-do
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2596 and εὕδω heudō (to sleep); to lie down to rest that is (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively): - (be a-) sleep.
Detailed definition
καθεύδω
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַב, Gen.28:13, Psa.88:5, al.; also for יָשֵׁן, Sng.5:2, Dan LXX TH Dan.12:2, al.; for יָשַׁב, 1Ki.19:9;]
to sleep: Mat.8:24 9:24 13:25 25:5 26:46, 43 26:45, Mrk.4:27, 38 5:39 14:37, 40-41, Luk.8:52 22:46, 1Th.5:7. Metaphorical,
__(a) of death (as Ps, Da, ll. with): 1Th.5:10 (cf. Mat.9:24, Mrk.5:39, Luk.8:52, and see Swete, Mk., l.with);
__(b) of moral and spiritual insensibility: Mrk.13:36, Eph.5:14, 1Th.5:6.†
SYN.: (κοιμάω.) (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַב, Gen.28:13, Psa.88:5, al.; also for יָשֵׁן, Sng.5:2, Dan LXX TH Dan.12:2, al.; for יָשַׁב, 1Ki.19:9;]
to sleep: Mat.8:24 9:24 13:25 25:5 26:46, 43 26:45, Mrk.4:27, 38 5:39 14:37, 40-41, Luk.8:52 22:46, 1Th.5:7. Metaphorical,
__(a) of death (as Ps, Da, ll. with): 1Th.5:10 (cf. Mat.9:24, Mrk.5:39, Luk.8:52, and see Swete, Mk., l.with);
__(b) of moral and spiritual insensibility: Mrk.13:36, Eph.5:14, 1Th.5:6.†
SYN.: (κοιμάω.) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2518 appears in 20 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sleep10
- asleep4
- sleepeth3
- be1
- let1
- sleepest1
- slept1
- they1
- thou1
First verses
- Matthew 8:24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
- Matthew 9:24He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
- Matthew 13:25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
- Matthew 25:5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
- Matthew 26:40And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
- Matthew 26:43And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
- Matthew 26:45Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
- Mark 4:27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
- Mark 4:38And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
- Mark 5:39And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
- Mark 13:36Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
- Mark 14:37And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
- Mark 14:40And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
- Mark 14:41And 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 8:52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
- Luke 22:46And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
- Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καθεύδω,
so also in Ionic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.95 codices:)]imperfect καθεῦδον [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((καθηῦδον) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.611, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 495, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217d, +others)]; ἐκάθευδον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.13,23, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.11)]: future καθευδήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 419, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.30, etc.:)]aorist ἐκαθεύδησα (not in Attic dialect), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 6)]; infinitive καθευδῆσαι [Refs (Hp “Int.” 12)]:— lie down to sleep, sleep, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.611, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.402, etc.)]; opposed to ἀγρυπνέω, ἐγρήγορα, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 471, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 71c, etc.; καλὸς νέκυς, οἷα καθεύδων 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.71; κ. μάτην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 881)]; νυκτὸς κ. to sleep by night, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251e)]; κ. τὰς νύκτας to sleep all one's nights, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Bato Comicus 4)]; μαλακῶς, σκληρῶς κ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 187.6, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 16.2)]; of male and female, ἵνα τώ γε καθεύδετον ἐν φιλότητι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.313; κ. μετά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219d)]: generally, pass the night, τὴν βουλὴν εἰς ἀκρόπολιν ἰέναι κἀκεῖ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.45)]; κ. ἐπὶ ξύλου roost, of a fowl, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1431)]; ἐκ τοῦ καθεύδοντος from a sleeping state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 72b.)]
II metaphorically, lie asleep, lie idle, Χερί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1357, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.20, “An.” 1.3.11, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.303)]; κ. τὸν βίον to be asleep all one's life, sleep away one's life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 404a)]; opposed to ἐνεργεῖν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1157b8)]; opposed to προσέχειν τοῖς πράγμασι, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 15.)]
II.2 of things, lie still, be at rest, ἐλπίδες οὔπω κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 634; καθεύδειν ἐᾶν ἐν τῇ γῇ κατακείμενα τείχη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 778d: τοὺς νόμους ἐᾶν κ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 30.)]
II.3 of the sleep of death, καθεύδοντες ἐν τάφῳ [LXX+NT (LXX.Psa.87(88).6, cf. LXX.Dan.12.2, NT.1Thes.5.10.)]
so also in Ionic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.95 codices:)]imperfect καθεῦδον [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((καθηῦδον) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.611, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 495, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217d, +others)]; ἐκάθευδον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.13,23, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.11)]: future καθευδήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 419, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.30, etc.:)]aorist ἐκαθεύδησα (not in Attic dialect), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 6)]; infinitive καθευδῆσαι [Refs (Hp “Int.” 12)]:— lie down to sleep, sleep, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.611, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.402, etc.)]; opposed to ἀγρυπνέω, ἐγρήγορα, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 471, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 71c, etc.; καλὸς νέκυς, οἷα καθεύδων 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.71; κ. μάτην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 881)]; νυκτὸς κ. to sleep by night, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251e)]; κ. τὰς νύκτας to sleep all one's nights, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Bato Comicus 4)]; μαλακῶς, σκληρῶς κ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 187.6, 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 16.2)]; of male and female, ἵνα τώ γε καθεύδετον ἐν φιλότητι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.313; κ. μετά τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219d)]: generally, pass the night, τὴν βουλὴν εἰς ἀκρόπολιν ἰέναι κἀκεῖ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.45)]; κ. ἐπὶ ξύλου roost, of a fowl, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1431)]; ἐκ τοῦ καθεύδοντος from a sleeping state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 72b.)]
II metaphorically, lie asleep, lie idle, Χερί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1357, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.20, “An.” 1.3.11, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.303)]; κ. τὸν βίον to be asleep all one's life, sleep away one's life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 404a)]; opposed to ἐνεργεῖν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1157b8)]; opposed to προσέχειν τοῖς πράγμασι, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 15.)]
II.2 of things, lie still, be at rest, ἐλπίδες οὔπω κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 634; καθεύδειν ἐᾶν ἐν τῇ γῇ κατακείμενα τείχη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 778d: τοὺς νόμους ἐᾶν κ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 30.)]
II.3 of the sleep of death, καθεύδοντες ἐν τάφῳ [LXX+NT (LXX.Psa.87(88).6, cf. LXX.Dan.12.2, NT.1Thes.5.10.)]