Genesis 2:21
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
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Sleep
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1 Thessalonians 5:10
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
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Genesis
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Exodus
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33 verses
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33 verses
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22 verses
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שֵׁנָה
shênâh · shay-naw'
23 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
sleep
Strong's KJV usage: sleep.
Strong's first: Genesis 28:16Strong's last: Zechariah 4:1
Open full H8142 profile →שָׁכַב
shâkab · shaw-kab'
11 times translated as this KJV form212 total Strong's occurrences
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Strong's first: Genesis 28:11Strong's last: Proverbs 24:33
Open full H7901 profile →יָשֵׁן
yâshên · yaw-shane'
10 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Strong's KJV usage: old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 16:19Strong's last: Ezekiel 34:25
Open full H3462 profile →καθεύδω
katheúdō · kath-yoo'-do
8 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(be a-)sleep.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 26:45Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 5:10
Open full G2518 profile →ὕπνος
hýpnos · hoop'-nos
6 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
sleep, i.e. (figuratively) spiritual torpor
Strong's KJV usage: :--sleep.
Strong's first: Matthew 1:24Strong's last: Romans 13:11
Open full G5258 profile →תַּרְדֵּמָה
tardêmâh · tar-day-maw'
6 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
a lethargy or (by implication) trance
Strong's KJV usage: deep sleep.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 2:21Strong's last: Isaiah 29:10
Open full H8639 profile →κοιμάω
koimáō · koy-mah'-o
5 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
Strong's KJV usage: :--(be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 11:12Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 4:14
Open full G2837 profile →יָשֵׁן
yâshên · yaw-shane'
3 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
sleepy
Strong's KJV usage: asleep, (one out of) sleep(-eth, -ing), slept.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 78:65Strong's last: Daniel 12:2
Open full H3463 profile →רָדַם
râdam · raw-dam'
3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to stun, i.e. stupefy (with sleep or death)
Strong's KJV usage: (be fast a-, be in a deep, cast into a dead, that) sleep(-er, -eth).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 76:6Strong's last: Daniel 10:9
Open full H7290 profile →ἐξυπνίζω
exypnízō · ex-oop-nid'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to waken
Strong's KJV usage: :--awake out of sleep.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 11:11Strong's last: John 11:11
Open full G1852 profile →ἔξυπνος
éxypnos · ex'-oop-nos
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
awake
Strong's KJV usage: :--X out of sleep.
Strong's first: Acts 16:27Strong's last: Acts 16:27
Open full G1853 profile →שְׁנָה
shᵉnâh · shen-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: sleep.
Strong's first: Daniel 6:18Strong's last: Daniel 6:18
Open full H8139 profile →שְׁנָת
shᵉnâth · shen-awth'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
sleep
Strong's KJV usage: sleep.
Strong's first: Psalms 132:4Strong's last: Psalms 132:4
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H8639
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
H8639
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
H7901
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
H8142
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
H8142
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
H7901
For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
H7901
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
H7901
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
H7901
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
H8142
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
H3462
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
H8142
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
no direct Strong's tag
And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
H8639
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
H7901
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
H7901
Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
H8142
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
H8639
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
H7901
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
H8142
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
no direct Strong's tag
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
H3462
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
H3462
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
no direct Strong's tag
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
H8142
The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
English meaning and historical usage.
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sleep
SLEEP, verb intransitive preterit tense and participle passive slept.
1. To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind. The proper time to sleep in during the darkness of night.
2. To rest; to be unemployed; to be inactive or motionless; as, the sword sleeps in its sheath.
3. To rest; to lie or be still; not to be noticed or agitated. The question sleeps for the present.
4. To live thoughtlessly. We sleep over our happiness.
5. To be dead; to rest in the grave for a time. I Thess. 4.
6. To be careless, inattentive or unconcerned; not be vigilant.
SLEEP, noun That state of an animal in which the voluntary exertion of his mental and corporeal powers is suspended, and he rests unconscious of what passes around him, and not affected by the ordinary impressions of external objects. sleep is generally attended with a relaxation of the muscles, but the involuntary motions, as respiration and the circulation of the blood, are continued. The mind is often very active in sleep; but its powers not being under the control of reason, its exercises are very irregular. sleep is the natural rest or repose intended by the Creator to restore the powers of the body and mind, when exhausted or fatigued.
SLEEP OF PLANTS, a state of plants at night, when their least droop or are folded.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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