καθεύδω
katheúdō
“to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to sleep, be fast asleep, Mt. 8:24; 9:24; met. to sleep in spiritual sloth, Eph. 5:14; 1 Thess. 5:6; to sleep the sleep of death, to die, 1 Thess. 5:10
Translated in KJV as
(be a-)sleep
Etymology
from G2596 (κατά) and (to sleep);
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