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Lexicon :: Strong's G3573 - nystazō

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νυστάζω
Transliteration
nystazō (Key)
Pronunciation
noos-tad'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of νεύω (G3506)
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Strong’s Definitions

νυστάζω nystázō, noos-tad'-zo; from a presumed derivative of G3506; to nod, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay:—slumber.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3573 in the following manner: slumber (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3573 in the following manner: slumber (2x).

  1. to nod in sleep, to sleep

    1. to be overcome or oppressed with sleep

    2. to fall asleep, drop off to sleep

  2. to be negligent, careless

    1. of a thing i.e. to linger, delay

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νυστάζω nystázō, noos-tad'-zo; from a presumed derivative of G3506; to nod, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep; figuratively, to delay:—slumber.
STRONGS G3573:
νυστάζω; 1 aorist ἐνύσταξα; (ΝΥΩ, cf. νεύω, νευστάζω); the Sept. for נוּם;
1. properly, "to nod in sleep, to sleep (Hippocrates, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others); to be overcome or oppressed with sleep; to fall asleep, drop off to sleep," ((cf. Wycliffe) to nap it"): Matthew 25:5; the Sept. for נִרְדַּם, Psalm 75:7 (Ps. 76:7).
2. like the Latindormito (cf. our to be napping), tropical equivalent to: to be negligent, careless (Plato, Plutarch, others): of a thing equivalent to to linger, delay, 2 Peter 2:3.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
75:7; 76:7
Matthew
25:5
2 Peter
2:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3573 matches the Greek νυστάζω (nystazō),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:6 - And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:6 - At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:3 - He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 - Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:10 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:33 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 - His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:31 - Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 - Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
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