Strong's Lexicon
G2837 — κοιμάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2837 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κοιμάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2749 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 18 |
| Transliteration: | koimao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | koy-mah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to put to sleep 2. (passively or reflexively) to slumber 3. (figuratively) to decease |
| KJV Renderings: | (be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κοιμάω, κοίμω: passive, present κοιμάομαι. κοιμωμαι; perfect κεκοίμημαι (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 274 (257)); 1 aorist ἐκοιμήθην; 1 future κοιμηθήσομαι; (akin to κεῖμαι; Curtius, § 45); to cause to sleep, put to sleep (Homer, et al.); metaphorically, to still, calm, quiet, (Homer, Aeschylus, Plato); passive to sleep, fall asleep: properly, Mat 28:13; Luk 22:45; Joh 11:12; Act 12:6; the Sept. for ùÈÑëÇá. metaphorically, and euphemistically equivalent to to die (cf. English to fall asleep): Joh 11:11; Act 7:60; Act 13:36; 1Co 7:39; 1Co 11:30; 1Co 15:6; 1Co 15:51 (cf. Winers Grammar, 555 (517); Buttmann, 121 (106) note); 2Pe 3:4; οἱ κοιμώμενοι, κεκοιμημένοι, κοιμηθέντες, equivalent to the dead: Mat 27:52; 1Co 15:20; 1Th 4:13-15; with ἐν Χριστῷ added (see ἐν, I. 6 b., p. 211b), 1Co 15:18; in the same sense Isa 14:8; Isa 43:17; 1Ki 11:43; 2Ma 12:45; Homer, Iliad 11, 241; Sophocles Electr. 509.
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
κοιμάω ((be a-)
Matthew 27:52
- KJV: And the graves were opened and many bodies of the saints which slept arose
- GK: και τα μνημεία ανεώχθησαν και πολλά σώματα των κεκοιμημένων αγίων ηγέρθη
Matthew 28:13
- KJV: Saying Say ye His disciples came by night and stole him while we slept
- GK: λέγοντες είπατε ότι οι μαθηταί αυτού νυκτός ελθόντες έκλεψαν αυτόν ημών κοιμωμένων
Luke 22:45
- KJV: And when he rose up from prayer and was come to his disciples he found them sleeping for sorrow
- GK: και αναστάς από της προσευχής ελθών προς τους μαθητάς αυτού εύρεν αυτούς κοιμωμένους από της λύπης
John 11:11
- KJV: These things said he and after that he saith unto them Our friend Lazarus sleepeth but I go that I may awake him out of sleep
- GK: ταύτα είπε και μετά τούτο λέγει αυτοίς Λάζαρος ο φίλος ημών κεκοίμηται αλλά πορεύομαι ίνα εξυπνίσω αυτόν
John 11:12
- KJV: Then said his disciples Lord if he sleep he shall do well
- GK: είπον ούν οι μαθηταί αυτού κύριε ει κεκοίμηται σωθήσεται
Acts 7:60
- KJV: And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice Lord lay not this sin to their charge And when he had said this he fell asleep
- GK: θεις δε τα γόνατα έκραξε φωνή μεγάλη κύριε μη στήσης αυτοίς την αμαρτίαν ταύτην και τούτο ειπών εκοιμήθη
Acts 12:6
- KJV: And when Herod would have brought him forth the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers bound with two chains and the keepers before the door kept the prison
- GK: οτε δε έμελλε αυτόν προαγείν ο Ηρώδης τη νυκτί εκείνη ην ο Πέτρος κοιμώμενος μεταξύ δύο στρατιωτών δεδεμένος αλύσεσι δυσί φύλακές τε προ της θύρας ετήρουν την φυλακήν
Acts 13:36
- KJV: For David after he had served his own generation by the will of God fell on sleep and was laid unto his fathers and saw corruption
- GK: Δαβίδ μεν γαρ ιδία γενεά υπηρετήσας τη του θεού βουλή εκοιμήθη και προσετέθη προς τους πατέρας αυτού και είδε διαφθοράν
1 Corinthians 7:39
- KJV: The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth but if her husband be dead she is at liberty to be married to whom she will only in the Lord
- GK: γυνή δέδεται νόμω εφ όσον χρόνον ζη ο ανήρ αυτής εάν δε κοιμηθή ο ανήρ αυτής ελευθέρα εστίν ω θέλει γαμηθήναι μόνον εν κυρίω
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