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Strong's G2837 · Greek

κοιμάομαι

koimao · koy-mah'-o

from 2749; to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κοιμάω (G2837)

18 κοιμάω , -ῶ , [in LXX chiefly for שׁכב ;] to lull to sleep , put to sleep . Mid and pass., to fall asleep (M, Pr. , 162; M, Th. , 1, 4, 13): Mt 28:13 , Lk 22:45 , Jo 11:12 , Ac 12:6 . Metaph, of death: Mt 27:52 , Jo 11:11 Ac 7:60 13:36 , I Co 7:39 11:30 15:6 , 18 , 20 , 51 , I Th 4:13-15 , II Pe 3:4 (cf. Is 14:8 43:17 , II Mac 12:45 ).† SYN. : καθεύδω .

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

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