Strong G5258ὕπνος
sleep
- Transliteration
- hupnos
- Pronunciation
- hoop'-nos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From an obsolete primary (perhaps akin to G5259 through the idea of subsilience);
sleep that is (figuratively) spiritual torpor: - sleep.
sleep that is (figuratively) spiritual torpor: - sleep.
Detailed definition
ὕπνος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX for שֵׁנָה, חֲלוֹם, etc.;]
sleep: Mat.1:24, Luk.9:32, Jhn.11:13, Act.20:9; metaphorically, Rom.13:11.†
(AS)
[in LXX for שֵׁנָה, חֲלוֹם, etc.;]
sleep: Mat.1:24, Luk.9:32, Jhn.11:13, Act.20:9; metaphorically, Rom.13:11.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5258 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sleep5
First verses
- Matthew 1:24Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
- Luke 9:32But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
- John 11:13Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
- Acts 20:9And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
- Romans 13:11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὕπνος, ὁ,
sleep, slumber, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.245, +others (see. below))]; of the sleep of death, κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.241; Κάλχανθ᾽ ὕ. θανάτοιο κάλυψεν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 160 codices 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus; ὕπνῳ καὶ καμάτῳ ἀρημένος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.2, compare 12.281; τάπητες μαλακώτεροι ὕπνω 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.125, compare 5.51.)] — Special phrases:
I of going to sleep, μιν ἐπήλυθε.. ὕ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.793; ἐπὶ.. ὕ. ὄρουσεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.232; ἱκάνει 1.610; ἔχει 10.4, etc.; τὸν ὕ. ἔμαρπτε 23.62, +others; ᾕρει 24.4, +others; λαμβάνει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 767; opposed to ὕπνος ἀνῆκέ τινα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.71, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.551, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310d: of persons, ὕπνον ἀωτεῖν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.159, etc.; ὕπνου δῶρον ἕλοντο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.481, etc.; λαβεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 223b; κοιμᾶσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 6.7; ἡδὺν ὕπνον καθεύδειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Kith.fragment” 1.5; ὕπνου τυχεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 713; μικρὸν ὕπνου λαχών 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.11; ὕπνου λαχεῖν μέρος 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 218)]; ἐν ὕπνῳ or ὕπνῳ πεσεῖν to fall a-sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).23(41), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 68; εἰς ὕπνον πεσεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 826)]; οὐχ ὕπνῳ γ᾽ ἐνδόντα (so Badham for εὕδοντά) μ᾽ ἐξεγείρετε [Refs ([prev. author] “OT” 65)]; also ὕπνῳ δεδμημένος, δαμείς, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.2, 14.353, etc.)]; νικώμενος, κρατηθεῖσ᾽, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 290, “Eu.” 148 (Lyric poetry); κάτοχος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 978 (Lyric poetry); σκεδάσαι.. ἀπὸ βλεφάρων ὕπνον [prev. work] 991 (Lyric poetry).)]
I.2 of waking from sleep, ἐγεῖραί τινα ἐξ ὕπνου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.44, etc.)]: of the sleeper, ἀνόρουσε, ἔγρετο, ἐξ ὕ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.162, 2.41; ἐξ ὕ. στῆναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 277; ἀπολακτίσασ᾽ ὕπνον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 141; ἀποσείσασθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 6.)]
I.3 with Preps., when the plural also is not uncommon, ἐν ὕπνῳ in sleep, in a dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 44, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 476c)]; ἐν τοῖς ὕ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 572b, “Sph.” 266b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.21, “PCair.Zen.” 34.5 (3rd c.BC))]; καθ᾽ ὕπνον ὄντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 970 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 800a)]; καθ᾽ ὕπνον, κατὰ τοὺς ὕπνους, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.717e,555b, “Alex.” 50)]; περὶ πρῶτον ὕ. about one's first sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 31, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.2; περὶ πρώτους ὕ. 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 13; ἀπὸ πρώτου ὕ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.43; διὰ μέσων τῶν ὕ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 28; ἐκ τῶν ὕ. ἐγείρεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330e)]: plural, dreams, ὕ. ἀγένητοι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.22.)]
II Sleep, as a god, twinbrother of Death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.231, 16.672, 682; _accusative_ to 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 212)], son of Night without father. [ῠ by nature, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 3, “Ag.” 14, 912, etc.)]; ῡ by position in Epic dialect, etc.] (Cf. Sanskrit svápati 'sleep', substantive svápnas 'sleep, dream'; Latin somnus, sopor, etc.)
sleep, slumber, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.245, +others (see. below))]; of the sleep of death, κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.241; Κάλχανθ᾽ ὕ. θανάτοιο κάλυψεν 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 160 codices 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus; ὕπνῳ καὶ καμάτῳ ἀρημένος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.2, compare 12.281; τάπητες μαλακώτεροι ὕπνω 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.125, compare 5.51.)] — Special phrases:
I of going to sleep, μιν ἐπήλυθε.. ὕ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.793; ἐπὶ.. ὕ. ὄρουσεν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.232; ἱκάνει 1.610; ἔχει 10.4, etc.; τὸν ὕ. ἔμαρπτε 23.62, +others; ᾕρει 24.4, +others; λαμβάνει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 767; opposed to ὕπνος ἀνῆκέ τινα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.71, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.551, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310d: of persons, ὕπνον ἀωτεῖν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.159, etc.; ὕπνου δῶρον ἕλοντο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.481, etc.; λαβεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 223b; κοιμᾶσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 6.7; ἡδὺν ὕπνον καθεύδειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Kith.fragment” 1.5; ὕπνου τυχεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 713; μικρὸν ὕπνου λαχών 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.11; ὕπνου λαχεῖν μέρος 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 218)]; ἐν ὕπνῳ or ὕπνῳ πεσεῖν to fall a-sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).23(41), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 68; εἰς ὕπνον πεσεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 826)]; οὐχ ὕπνῳ γ᾽ ἐνδόντα (so Badham for εὕδοντά) μ᾽ ἐξεγείρετε [Refs ([prev. author] “OT” 65)]; also ὕπνῳ δεδμημένος, δαμείς, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.2, 14.353, etc.)]; νικώμενος, κρατηθεῖσ᾽, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 290, “Eu.” 148 (Lyric poetry); κάτοχος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 978 (Lyric poetry); σκεδάσαι.. ἀπὸ βλεφάρων ὕπνον [prev. work] 991 (Lyric poetry).)]
I.2 of waking from sleep, ἐγεῖραί τινα ἐξ ὕπνου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.44, etc.)]: of the sleeper, ἀνόρουσε, ἔγρετο, ἐξ ὕ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.162, 2.41; ἐξ ὕ. στῆναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 277; ἀπολακτίσασ᾽ ὕπνον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 141; ἀποσείσασθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 6.)]
I.3 with Preps., when the plural also is not uncommon, ἐν ὕπνῳ in sleep, in a dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 44, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 476c)]; ἐν τοῖς ὕ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 572b, “Sph.” 266b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.21, “PCair.Zen.” 34.5 (3rd c.BC))]; καθ᾽ ὕπνον ὄντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 970 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 800a)]; καθ᾽ ὕπνον, κατὰ τοὺς ὕπνους, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.717e,555b, “Alex.” 50)]; περὶ πρῶτον ὕ. about one's first sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 31, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.2; περὶ πρώτους ὕ. 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 13; ἀπὸ πρώτου ὕ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.43; διὰ μέσων τῶν ὕ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 28; ἐκ τῶν ὕ. ἐγείρεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330e)]: plural, dreams, ὕ. ἀγένητοι [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 1.22.)]
II Sleep, as a god, twinbrother of Death, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.231, 16.672, 682; _accusative_ to 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 212)], son of Night without father. [ῠ by nature, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 3, “Ag.” 14, 912, etc.)]; ῡ by position in Epic dialect, etc.] (Cf. Sanskrit svápati 'sleep', substantive svápnas 'sleep, dream'; Latin somnus, sopor, etc.)