Words the Bible translates as sleep
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- koimaōκοιμάωto fall asleep; used for ordinary sleep and, as a gentle picture of death, for dying
- shakhavשָׁכַבto lie down: to put one's body flat, whether to rest, to sleep, to have sex, or in death
- hupnosὕπνοςsleepnot studied yet
- katheudōκαθεύδωto sleep: to be asleep, or to fall asleep
- shenahשֵׁנָהsleep: the natural rest in which a person lies still and unaware
- yashenיָשֵׁןto sleep: to fall into and rest in full bodily sleep, the deep nightly rest as opposed to light dozing
+1 more meaning
- to grow old: to become aged or stale through long standing, said of things kept a long time
- radamרָדַםto fall into a heavy, sunken sleep: a deep stupor that shuts down the senses, often sent by God
- numנוּםto doze: to slip into the light, drowsy edge of sleep, short of sleeping outright
- koimēsisκοίμησιςsleepnot studied yet
- shenahשְׁנָהsleepnot studied yet
- shenatשְׁנָתsleepnot studied yet
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