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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 22 times in 20 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:24 - Behold, a great tempest arose in the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:24 - he said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping." They were ridiculing him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25 - but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel also among the wheat, and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:5 - Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:40 - He came to the talmidim, and found them sleeping, and said to Rock, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:43 - He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:45 - Then he came to his talmidim, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:27 - and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:38 - He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are dying?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:39 - When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:36 - lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:37 - He came and found them sleeping, and said to Rock, "Shim`on, are you sleeping? Couldn't you watch one hour?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:40 - Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn't know what to answer him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:41 - He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:52 - All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:46 - and said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:14 - Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:6 - so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:7 - For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunken are drunken in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:10 - who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
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