G5258: ὕπνος
hýpnos · “sleep”
Definition
sleep, i.e. (figuratively) spiritual torpor
KJV translates it as: sleep
Word origin: from an obsolete primary (perhaps akin to G5259 (ὑπό) through the idea of subsilience);
Extended definition
[in LXX for שֵׁנָה, חֲלוֹם, etc. ;]
sleep: Mat.1:24, Luk.9:32, Jhn.11:13, Act.20:9; metaphorically, Rom.13:11.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5258 is translated
- sleep ×3
- with sleep. ×1
- of sleep ×1
- by sleep ×1
Bible verses with G5258 (hýpnos)
Hýpnos appears in 5 verses.
- Matthew 1:24
Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
- Luke 9:32
But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
- John 11:13
Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
- Acts 20:9
And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
- Romans 13:11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.