Lexicon :: Strong's H8142 - šēnā'

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.”

“There I was ​— ​the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

She fastened the braids with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here! ” He awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin, with the loom and the web.

Then she cried, “Samson, the Philistines are here! ” When he awoke from his sleep, he said, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had left him.

That night sleep escaped the king, so he ordered the book recording daily events to be brought and read to the king.

so people lie down never to rise again.

They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;

they will not stir from their sleep.

The brave-hearted have been plundered;

they have slipped into their final sleep.

None of the warriors was able to lift a hand.

You end their lives;[fn] they sleep.

They are like grass that grows in the morning —

In vain you get up early and stay up late,

working hard to have enough food ​— ​

yes, he gives sleep to the one he loves.[fn]

When you lie[fn] down, you will not be afraid;

you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.

For they can’t sleep

unless they have done what is evil;

they are robbed of sleep

unless they make someone stumble.

Don’t give sleep to your eyes

or slumber to your eyelids.

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?

When will you get up from your sleep?

Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;

open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.

a little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the arms to rest,

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the activity that is done on the earth (even though one’s eyes do not close in sleep day or night),

At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast,

and I will make them drunk so that they celebrate.[fn]

Then they will fall asleep forever

and never wake up.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

I will make her princes and sages drunk,

along with her governors, officials, and warriors.

Then they will fall asleep forever

and never wake up.

This is the King’s declaration;

the LORD of Armies is his name.

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.

The angel who was speaking with me then returned and roused me as one awakened out of sleep.