to sleep

Greek Verb

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)

to sleep

Greek Verb

καθεύδω, so also in Ionic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]imperfect καθεῦδον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκάθευδον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future καθευδήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἐκαθεύδησα (not in Attic dialect), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; infinitive καθευδῆσαι [Refs]:— lie down to sleep, sleep, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀγρυπνέω, ἐγρήγορα, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; νυκτὸς κ. to sleep by night, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰς νύκτας to sleep all one's nights, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μαλακῶς, σκληρῶς κ, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of male and female, ἵνα τώ γε καθεύδετον ἐν φιλότητι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, pass the night, τὴν βουλὴν εἰς ἀκρόπολιν ἰέναι κἀκεῖ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐπὶ ξύλου roost, of a fowl, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ καθεύδοντος from a sleeping state, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) metaphorically, lie asleep, lie idle, Χερί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὸν βίον to be asleep all one's life, sleep away one's life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐνεργεῖν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to προσέχειν τοῖς πράγμασι, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.2) of things, lie still, be at rest, ἐλπίδες οὔπω κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) of the sleep of death, καθεύδοντες ἐν τάφῳ [LXX+NT]

Greek

Verb

to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively); (be a-)sleep; from g2596 (κατά) and (to sleep)