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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 - The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the holy ones who had fallen asleep were raised;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:13 - saying, "Say that his talmidim came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:45 - When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the talmidim, and found them sleeping because of grief,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11 - He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, El'azar, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:12 - The talmidim therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:60

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:60 - He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Rock was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36 - For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 - A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:30 - For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 - Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:18 - Then they also who are fallen asleep in Messiah have perished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:20 - But now Messiah has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 - Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:13 - But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:14 - For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, even so those who have fallen asleep in Yeshua will God bring with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:15 - For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4 - and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."
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