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καθεύδω

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Gloss: to sleep

Transliteration: katheudō

Strong’s: G2518

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. Metaphorical,
__(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.†
<re>SYN.: (κοιμάω.)</re> (AS)

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