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Greek

3573. nustazo -- to nod in sleep, to fall asleep
... fall asleep. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: nustazo Phonetic Spelling:
(noos-tad'-zo) Short Definition: I nod in sleep, am drowsy, slumber Definition: ...
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2659. katanuxis -- stupefaction
... in Ro 11:8). Word Origin from katanusso Definition stupefaction NASB Word
Usage stupor (1). slumber. From katanusso; a prickling ...
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2837. koimao from NG2749 -- sleep, fall asleep, die
... From keimai; to put to sleep, ie (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively,
to decease -- (be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead. see GREEK keimai. ...
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879. aphupnoo -- to fall asleep
... fall asleep. From a compound of apo and hupnos; properly, to become awake, ie (by
implication) to drop (off) in slumber -- fall asleep. see GREEK apo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5123. num -- to be drowsy, slumber
... 5122, 5123. num. 5124 . to be drowsy, slumber. Transliteration: num Phonetic
Spelling: (noom) Short Definition: slumber. Word Origin a prim. ...
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8572. tenumah -- slumber
... 8571, 8572. tenumah. 8573 . slumber. Transliteration: tenumah Phonetic
Spelling: (ten-oo-maw') Short Definition: slumber. Word Origin ...
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Library

I Beware when Slumber Binds Thee
... MIDNIGHT i Beware when slumber binds thee. 'Idou o Numphios erchetai en ta meso
tes nuktos Troparia. ... O soul of mine, bestir thee. Lest thou sink in slumber quite ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the russian church/i beware when slumber binds.htm

Rom. xi. 7
... says,. Ver.8. "According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of
slumber." (Isaiah 29:10.). ... only. But "slumber" (kataanuxis lit. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xix rom xi 7.htm

Psalm CXXI.
... 3. Choose for thyself Him, who will neither sleep nor slumber, and thy foot shall
not be moved. ... what man will not slumber? whom do I find? whither shall I go? ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxi.htm

How Subjects and Prelates are to be Admonished.
... hast fallen into the hands of thy neighbour: run up and down, hasten, arouse thy
friend; give not sleep to thine eyes, nor let thine eyelids slumber (Proverbs 6 ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter iv how subjects and.htm

Hymn Before Sleep
... sleep. But while sweet languor wanders Through all the pulsing veins, And,
wrapt in dewy slumber, The heart at rest remains,. The ...
/.../prudentius/the hymns of prudentius/vi hymn before sleep.htm

The Bridegroom Comes! My Soul, Awake,
... My soul, awake,. And slumber from thine eyelids shake; Hark! ... O foolish soul! Why
didst thou not the hours control? Why in the darkness slumber still,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns from the east/the bridegroom comes my soul.htm

'In the Holy Mount'
... with Moses and Elias. And it was only when these were about to depart that
the mortals awoke from their slumber. So they probably ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/in the holy mount.htm

The Sluggard's Garden
... distance of one verse with what seemed to be the words of the sluggard in answer
to the attempt to awake him: 'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the sluggards garden.htm

Your Apology Says that There are Three Opinions as to the Origin ...
... committed some sin because of which they have been tied to these gross bodies; or
whether, again, they slept like dormice in a state of torpor and of slumber. ...
/.../30 your apology says that.htm

Sleep a Natural Function as Shown by Other Considerations, and by ...
... For as Adam was a figure of Christ, Adam's sleep shadowed out the death of Christ,
who was to sleep a mortal slumber, that from the wound inflicted on His side ...
/.../tertullian/a treatise on the soul/chapter xliii sleep a natural function.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze.

2. (v. i.) To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity.

3. (v. t.) To lay to sleep.

4. (v. t.) To stun; to stupefy.

5. (n.) Sleep; especially, light sleep; sleep that is not deep or sound; repose.

Thesaurus

Slumber (14 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Slumber (14 Occurrences). ... Psalms 121:3 He will not allow
your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. ...
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Folding (14 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Rest (831 Occurrences)
... security. 4. (n.) Sleep; slumber; hence, poetically, death. 5 ... pedestal. 16. (n.)
To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead. 17. (n ...
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Eyelids (12 Occurrences)
... (WEB DBY NAS RSV). Psalms 132:4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber
to my eyelids; (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Keepeth (60 Occurrences)
... me. (DBY). Psalms 121:3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that
keepeth thee will not slumber. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Psalms ...
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Asleep (50 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 2:3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence
now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber. ...
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Sleeping (69 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 2:3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence
now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber. ...
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Sleep (136 Occurrences)
... of Sleep. 2. (vi) To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the
powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber. ...
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Keeps (154 Occurrences)
... He who keeps you will not slumber. (WEB BBE NAS RSV). Psalms 121:4 Behold, he
who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. (WEB NAS RSV). ...
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Untied (6 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep;
neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the latchet of their ...
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Bible Concordance

Slumber (14 Occurrences)

Romans 11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Romans 13:11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
(See NIV)

2 Peter 2:3 In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn't linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Job 33:15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 121:3 He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 121:4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 132:4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 4:16 For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 6:4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 24:33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 5:27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Nahum 3:18 Your shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Slumber

Related Terms

Folding (14 Occurrences)

Rest (831 Occurrences)

Eyelids (12 Occurrences)

Keepeth (60 Occurrences)

Asleep (50 Occurrences)

Sleeping (69 Occurrences)

Sleep (136 Occurrences)

Keeps (154 Occurrences)

Untied (6 Occurrences)