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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 185 times in 172 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 4 (2Ki 4:20–Isa 14:18)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:24 - So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:35 - So Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:9 - So Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Joash his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:13 - So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:16 - And Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:22 - He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:29 - And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:7 - And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:22 - And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:38 - Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:20 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:21 - And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:18 - And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:6 - So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:11 - When your days are fulfilled to walk with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:13 - And Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:1 - Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:2 - He built Eloth and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:23 - And Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field that belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:9 - And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper part of the tombs of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:20 - So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his house, and Amon his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:8 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and the abominations that he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:13 - For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’
But the night is long,
and I am full of tossing till the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:17 - His roots entwine the stone heap;
he looks upon a house of stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12 - so a man lies down and rises not again;
till the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be roused out of his sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:11 - His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
but it will lie down with him in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:13 - They spend their days in prosperity,
and in peace they go down to Sheol.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:26 - They lie down alike in the dust,
and the worms cover them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 - or darkness, so that you cannot see,
and a flood of water covers you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:19 - He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more;
he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:9 - “Is the wild ox willing to serve you?
Will he spend the night at your manger?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:21 - Under the lotus plants he lies,
in the shelter of the reeds and in the marsh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5 - I lay down and slept;
I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:8 - In peace I will both lie down and sleep;
for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:8 - They say, “A deadly thing is poured out[fn] on him;
he will not rise again from where he lies.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - My soul is in the midst of lions;
I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are sharp swords.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:13 - though you men lie among the sheepfolds—
the wings of a dove covered with silver,
its pinions with shimmering gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:11 - Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How the faithful city
has become a whore,[fn]
she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
not a sandal strap broken;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8 - The cypresses rejoice at you,
the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low,
no woodcutter comes up against us.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:18 - All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
each in his own tomb;[fn]

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