κοιμάω
koimáō
“to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to lull to sleep; pass. to fall asleep, be asleep, Mt. 28:13; Lk. 22:45; met. to sleep in death, Acts 7:60; 13:36; 2 Pet. 3:4
Translated in KJV as
(be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleepbe dead
Etymology
from G2749 (κεῖμαι);
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