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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
184x 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 184 times in 172 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 19:4–Deu 22:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:4 - But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:32 - Come and let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33 - So they made their father drink wine in that night, and the elder went in and lay with her father that night, and he knew not when he slept and when he rose up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - And it came to pass on the morrow, that the elder said to the younger, Behold, I slept yesternight with our father, let us make him drink wine in this night also, and do thou go in and sleep with him, and let us raise up seed of our father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35 - So they made their father drink wine in that night also, and the younger went in and slept with her father, and he knew not when he slept, nor when he arose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:54 - And both he and the men with him ate and drank and went to sleep. And he arose in the morning and said, Send me away, that I may go to my master.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - And Abimelech said to him, Why hast thou done this to us? one of my kindred [fn]within a little had lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a sin of ignorance upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - And came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:15 - And Lea said, Is it not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband, wilt thou also take my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Lea went forth to meet him, and said, Thou shalt come in to me this day, for I have hired thee for my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:54 - And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren, and they ate and drank, and slept in the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:13 - (LXX 32:14) And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried with him, and sent out to Esau his brother,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:21 - (LXX 32:22) So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - And Sychem the son of Emmor the [fn]Evite, the ruler of the land, saw her, and took her and lay with her, and humbled her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:7 - And the sons of Jacob came from the plain; and when they heard, the men were deeply pained, and it was very grievous to them, because the man wrought folly in Israel, having lain with the daughter of Jacob, and so it [fn]must not be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Ruben went and lay with Balla, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. And the sons of Jacob were twelve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:7 - And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, Lie with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12 - And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, Lie with me; and having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and went forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:14 - that she called those that were in the house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew servant to mock us—he came in to me, saying, Lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:17 - And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou broughtest in to us, came in to me to mock me, and said to me, I will lie with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:21 - And they went into their bellies; and [fn]it was not perceptible that they had gone into their bellies, and their appearance was ill-favoured, as also at the beginning; and after I awoke I slept,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:30 - But I will sleep with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me up out of Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said, I will do according to thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:9 - [fn]Juda is a lion's whelp: from the tender plant, my son, thou art gone up, having couched thou liest as a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:16 - (LXX 22:15) And if any one deceive a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her for a wife to himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19 - (LXX 22:18) Every one that lies with a beast ye shall surely put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:27 - (LXX 22:26) For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:18 - For when I shall have cast out the nations from before thee, and shall have widened thy borders, thou shalt not offer the blood of my [fn]sacrifice with leaven, neither must the fat of my feast abide till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:25 - Thou shalt not [fn]offer the blood of my [fn]sacrifices [fn]with leaven, neither shall the sacrifices of the feast of the passover [fn]remain till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:47 - And he that sleeps in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening; and he that eats in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:4 - Every bed on which he that has the issue shall happen to lie, is unclean; and every seat on which he that has the issue may happen to sit, shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:18 - And a woman, if a man shall lie with her with seed of copulation—they shall both bathe themselves in water and shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:24 - And if any one shall lie with her, and her uncleanness be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he shall have lain shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:26 - And every bed on which she shall lie all the days of her flux shall be to her as the bed of her separation, and every seat whereon she shall sit shall be unclean according to the uncleanness of her separation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:33 - And this is the law for her that has the issue of blood in her separation, and as to the person who has an issue of seed, in his issue: it is a law for the male and the female, and for the man who shall have lain with her that is set apart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:22 - And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - Thou shalt not injure thy neighbour, neither do thou rob him, neither shall the wages of thy hireling remain with thee until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - And if any one lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home-servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, and her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited with punishment; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11 - And if any one should lie with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness: let them both die the death, they are guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:12 - And if any one should lie with his daughter-in-law, let them both be put to death; for they have wrought impiety, they are guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - And whoever shall lie with a male as with a woman, they have both wrought abomination; let them die the death, they are guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - And whatever man shall lie with a woman that is set apart for a flux, and shall uncover her nakedness, he has uncovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the flux of her blood: they shall both be destroyed from among their generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20 - Whosoever shall lie with his near kinswoman, has uncovered the nakedness of one near akin to him: they shall die childless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:6 - And I will give peace in your land, and ye shall sleep, and none shall make you afraid; and I will destroy the evil beasts out of your land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:13 - and supposing any one shall lie with her carnally, and the thing shall be hid from the eyes of her husband, and she should conceal it and be herself defiled, and there be no witness with her, and she should not be taken;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - And the priest shall adjure her, and shall say to the woman, If no one has lain with thee, and if thou hast not transgressed so as to be polluted, being under the power of thy husband, be free from this water of the conviction that causes the curse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:4 - Leaven shall not be seen with thee in all thy borders for seven days, and there shall not be left of the flesh which thou shalt sacrifice at even on the first day until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:22 - And if a man be found lying with a woman married to a man, ye shall kill them both, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou remove the wicked one out of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:23 - And if there be a young damsel espoused to a man, and a man should have found her in the city and have lain with her;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:25 - But if a man find in the field a damsel that is betrothed, and he should force her and lie with her, ye shall slay the man that lay with her only.

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