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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 Box 2Sa 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:6 - And they came there, all the way into the house, as though to get wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:3 - He will not allow your foot to be moved;
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
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - No one will be weary or stumble among them,
No one will slumber or sleep;
Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed,
Nor the strap of their sandals 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,” says the LORD, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 - Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria;
Your nobles rest in the dust.
Your people are scattered on the mountains,
And no one gathers them.
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