to sleep
Definition:
καθεύδω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַב, Gen.28:13, Psa.88:5, al; also for יָשֵׁן, Sng.5:2, Dan LXX TH Dan.12:2, al; for יָשַׁב, 1Ki.19:9;] to sleep: Mat.8:24 9:24 13:25 25:5 26:46, 43 26:45, Mrk.4:27, 38 5:39 14:37, 40-41, Luk.8:52 22:46, 1Th.5:7. Metaph, (a) of death (as Ps, Da, ll. with): 1Th.5:10 (cf. Mat.9:24, Mrk.5:39, Luk.8:52, and see Swete, Mk., l.with); (b) of moral and spiritual insensibility: Mrk.13:36, Eph.5:14, 1Th.5:6. SYN.: (κοιμάω.) (AS)
Definition:
καθεύδω, so also in
Ionic dialect, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
imperfect καθεῦδον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐκάθευδον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
future καθευδήσω [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
aorist ἐκαθεύδησα (not in
Attic dialect), [
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
infinitive καθευδῆσαι [
Refs]:—
lie down to sleep, sleep, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀγρυπνέω, ἐγρήγορα, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; νυκτὸς κ.
to sleep by night, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰς νύκτας
to sleep all one's nights, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μαλακῶς, σκληρῶς κ, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of male and female, ἵνα τώ γε καθεύδετον ἐν φιλότητι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally,
pass the night, τὴν βουλὴν εἰς ἀκρόπολιν ἰέναι κἀκεῖ κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐπὶ ξύλου
roost, of a fowl, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοῦ καθεύδοντος from
a sleeping state, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
metaphorically,
lie asleep, lie idle, Χερί [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὸν βίον
to be asleep all one's life,
sleep away one's life, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐνεργεῖν, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to προσέχειν τοῖς πράγμασι, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.2) of things,
lie still, be at rest, ἐλπίδες οὔπω κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) of the
sleep of death, καθεύδοντες ἐν τάφῳ [
LXX+NT]
Pronounciation:
kath-yoo'-do
Definition:
to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively); (be a-)sleep; from
g2596 (κατά) and (to sleep);