Strong's Lexicon
G5258 — ὕπνος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5258 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὕπνος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from an obsolete primary (perhaps akin to G5259 through the idea of subsilience) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | hupnos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hoop'-nos |
| Meaning: | 1. sleep 2. (figuratively) spiritual torpor |
| KJV Renderings: | sleep |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὕπνος, ὕπνου, ὁ (i. e. συπνος, cf. Latinsopnus, somnus; Curtius, § 391), from Homer down, Hebrew ùÅÑðÈä, sleep: properly, Mat 1:24; Luk 9:32; Joh 11:13; Act 20:9; metaphorically, ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθῆναι (see ἐγείρω, 1), Rom 13:11.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὕπνος (sleep)
Matthew 1:24
- KJV: Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him and took unto him his wife
- GK: διεγερθείς δε ο Ιωσήφ από του ύπνου εποίησεν ως προσέταξεν αυτώ ο άγγελος κυρίου και παρέλαβε την γυναίκα
Luke 9:32
- KJV: But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep and when they were awake they saw his glory and the two men that stood with him
- GK: ο δε Πέτρος και οι συν αυτώ ήσαν βεβαρημένοι ύπνω διαγρηγορήσαντες δε είδον την δόξαν αυτού και τους δύο άνδρας τους συνεστώτας αυτώ
John 11:13
- KJV: Howbeit Jesus spake of his death but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep
- GK: ειρήκει δε ο Ιησούς περί του θανάτου αυτού εκείνοι δε έδοξαν ότι περί της κοιμήσεως του ύπνου λέγει
Acts 20:9
- KJV: And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus being fallen into a deep sleep and as Paul was long preaching he sunk down with sleep and fell down from the third loft and was taken up dead
- GK: καθήμενος δε τις νεανίας ονόματι Εύτυχος επί της θυρίδος καταφερόμενος ύπνω βαθεί διαλεγομένου του Παύλου επί πλείον κατενεχθείς από του ύπνου έπεσεν από του τριστέγου κάτω και ήρθη νεκρός
Romans 13:11
- KJV: And that knowing the time that now high time to awake out of sleep for now our salvation nearer than when we believed
- GK: και τούτο ειδότες τον καιρόν ότι ώρα ημάς ήδη εξ ύπνου εγερθήναι νυν γαρ εγγύτερον ημών η σωτηρία η ότε επιστεύσαμεν
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