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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 - [fn]They came to the middle of the house as [fn]if to get wheat, and they struck him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:6 -

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,

Both chariot rider and horse slumbered into a deep sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:3 -

[fn]He will not allow your foot to stumble;

[fn]He who keeps you will not slumber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 -

Behold, He who keeps Israel

Will not slumber and will not sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:10 -

“A little sleep, a little slumber,

A little folding of the hands to [fn]rest”—

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:33 -

“A little sleep, a little slumber,

A little folding of the hands to rest,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 -

No one in it is weary or stumbles,

None slumbers or sleeps;

Nor is the belt at its waist undone,

Nor its sandal strap broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:10 -

His watchmen are blind;

All of them know nothing.

All of them are mute dogs unable to bark,

[fn]Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:31 - “Behold, I am against the prophets,” declares Yahweh, “who take their tongues and declare, ‘Yahweh declares.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 -

Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria;

Your mighty ones are [fn]lying down.

Your people are scattered on the mountains,

And there is no one to regather them.

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