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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 16 times in 15 verses in '1Ki' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - Therefore his servants said to him, "Let a young maiden be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait upon the king, and be his nurse; let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may be warm."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:21 - Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:10 - Then David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:21 - But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Jo'ab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Let me depart, that I may go to my own country."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:43 - And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehobo'am his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:31 - And Rehobo'am slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. His mother's name was Na'amah the Ammonitess. And Abi'jam his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:8 - And Abi'jam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:24 - And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehosh'aphat his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:6 - And Ba'asha slept with his fathers, and was buried at Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:28 - And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Sama'ria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:5 - And he lay down and slept under a broom tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:6 - And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:4 - And Ahab went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him; for he had said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:40 - So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahazi'ah his son reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:50 - And Jehosh'aphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jeho'ram his son reigned in his stead.
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