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Lexicon :: Strong's G2837 - koimaō

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κοιμάω
Transliteration
koimaō (Key)
Pronunciation
koy-mah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
18x in 12 unique form(s) TR
18x in 12 unique form(s) LXX
185x in 30 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

κοιμάω koimáō, koy-mah'-o; from G2749; to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease:—(be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G2837 in the following manner: sleep (10x), fall asleep (4x), be asleep (2x), fall on sleep (1x), be dead (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G2837 in the following manner: sleep (10x), fall asleep (4x), be asleep (2x), fall on sleep (1x), be dead (1x).

  1. to cause to sleep, put to sleep

  2. metaph.

    1. to still, calm, quiet

    2. to fall asleep, to sleep

    3. to die

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κοιμάω koimáō, koy-mah'-o; from G2749; to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease:—(be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead.
STRONGS G2837:
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, Matthew 28:13; Luke 22:45; John 11:12; Acts 12:6; the Sept. for שָׁכַב. metaphorically, and euphemistically equivalent to to die (cf. English to fall asleep): John 11:11; Acts 7:60; Acts 13:36; 1 Corinthians 7:39; 1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Corinthians 15:6, 51 (cf. Winers Grammar, 555 (517); Buttmann, 121 (106) note); 2 Peter 3:4; οἱ κοιμώμενοι, κεκοιμημένοι, κοιμηθέντες, equivalent to the dead: Matthew 27:52; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15; with ἐν Χριστῷ added (see ἐν, I. 6 b., p. 211b), 1 Corinthians 15:18; in the same sense Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 43:17; 1 Kings 11:43; 2 Macc. 12:45; Homer, Iliad 11, 241; Sophocles Electr. 509.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
2; 11:43
Isaiah
14:8; 43:17
Matthew
27:52; 28:13
Luke
22:45
John
11:11; 11:12
Acts
7:60; 12:6; 13:36
1 Corinthians
7:39; 11:30; 15:6; 15:18; 15:20; 15:51
1 Thessalonians
4:13; 4:14; 4:15
2 Peter
3:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2837 matches the Greek κοιμάω (koimaō),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:52 - and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:13 - saying, 'Say ye, that his disciples having come by night, stole him -- we being asleep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:45 - And having risen up from the prayer, having come unto the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11 - These things he said, and after this he saith to them, 'Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:12 - therefore said his disciples, 'Sir, if he hath fallen asleep, he will be saved;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:60

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:60 - and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, 'Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - and when Herod was about to bring him forth, the same night was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, having been bound with two chains, guards also before the door were keeping the prison,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36 - for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 - A wife hath been bound by law as long time as her husband may live, and if her husband may sleep, she is free to be married to whom she will -- only in the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:30 - Because of this, among you many are weak and sickly, and sleep do many;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 - afterwards he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain till now, and certain also did fall asleep;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:18 - then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:20 - And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead -- the first-fruits of those sleeping he became,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 - lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:13 - And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:14 - for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:15 - for this to you we say in the word of the Lord, that we who are living -- who do remain over to the presence of the Lord -- may not precede those asleep,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4 - and saying, 'Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'
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