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Strong's G2518 · Greek

καθεύδω

katheudo · kath-yoo'-do

from 2596 and heudo (to sleep); to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

καθεύδω (G2518)

22 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., 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 ); of moral and spiritual insensibility: Mk 13:36 , Eph 5:14 , I Th 5:6 .† SYN. : κοιμάω .

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

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