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Lexicon :: Strong's G2518 - katheudō

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καθεύδω
Transliteration
katheudō (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-yoo'-do
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From κατά (G2596) and heudo (to sleep)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:431,384

Strong’s Definitions

καθεύδω katheúdō, kath-yoo'-do; from G2596 and εὕδω heúdō (to sleep); to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively):—(be a-)sleep.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G2518 in the following manner: sleep (22x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G2518 in the following manner: sleep (22x).

  1. to fall asleep, drop off to sleep

  2. to sleep

    1. to sleep normally

    2. euphemistically, to be dead

    3. metaph.

      1. to yield to sloth and sin

      2. to be indifferent to one's salvation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθεύδω katheúdō, kath-yoo'-do; from G2596 and εὕδω heúdō (to sleep); to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively):—(be a-)sleep.
STRONGS G2518:
καθεύδω; imperfect 3 person plural ἐκάθευδον; from Homer down; the Sept. mostly for שָׁכַב;
1. to fall asleep, to drop off to sleep: Matthew 25:5.
2. to sleep;
a. properly: Matthew 8:24; Matthew 9:24 (on this and its parallels, cf. B. D. American edition, p. 1198{a}); Matthew 13:25; 26:40,43,45; Mark 4:27, 38; Mark 5:39; Mark 13:36; Mark 14:37, 40; Luke 8:52; Luke 22:46; 1 Thessalonians 5:7.
b. euphemistically, to be dead: 1 Thessalonians 5:10; (Psalm 87:6 (Ps. 88:6); Daniel 12:2).
c. metaphorically, to yield to sloth and sin, and be indifferent to one's salvation: Ephesians 5:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:6.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
87:6; 88:6
Daniel
12:2
Matthew
8:24; 9:24; 13:25; 25:5; 26:40; 26:43; 26:45
Mark
4:27; 4:38; 5:39; 13:36; 14:37; 14:40
Luke
8:52; 22:46
Ephesians
5:14
1 Thessalonians
5:6; 5:7; 5:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2518 matches the Greek καθεύδω (katheudō),
which occurs 27 times in 24 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:10 - And when she talked with Joseph day by day, and he hearkened not to her to sleep with her, so as to be with her,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2 - And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:3 - And the lamp of God was burning before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where was the ark of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:5 - And he ran to Heli, and said, Here am I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I did not call thee; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:6 - And the Lord [fn]called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold here am I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I called thee not; return, go to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:9 - And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, for thy servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:9 - And an evil spirit [fn]from God was upon Saul, and he was [fn]resting in his house, and a spear was in his hand, and David was playing on the harp with his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:5 - And David arose secretly, and goes into the place where Saul was sleeping, and there was Abenner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul was sleeping in a chariot, and the people had encamped round about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abessa go in among the people by night: and behold, Saul was fast asleep in the chariot, and his spear was stuck in the ground near his head, and Abenner and his people slept round about him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:5 - And Rechab and Baana the sons of Remmon the Berothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Jebosthe; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:6 - And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baana went privily into the house:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:7 - and Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they smite him, and slay him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - But the poor man had only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; and it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - And it was noon, and Eliu the Thesbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is [fn]engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and [fn]is to be awaked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:5 - (LXX 87:6) free among the dead, as the slain ones [fn]cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom thou rememberest no more; and they are rejected from thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:24 - For if thou [fn]rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:22 - Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; and when thou sleepest let it keep thee; that it may talk with thee when thou wakest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - I sleep, but my heart is awake: the voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, saying, Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, my dove, my perfect one: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:20 - Thy sons are the perplexed ones, that sleep at the top of every street as a half-boiled beet; they that are full of the anger of the Lord, caused to faint by the Lord God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9 - Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and bread-corn; and thou shalt cast them into one earthen vessel, and shalt make them into loaves for thyself; and thou shalt eat them a hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days during which thou sleepest on thy side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:2 - And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 - who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:5 - And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonas was gone down into the [fn]hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.
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