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Lexicon :: Strong's G2837 - koimaō

Aa
κοιμάω
Transliteration
koimaō (Key)
Pronunciation
koy-mah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
18x in 12 unique form(s) TR
18x in 12 unique form(s) LXX
184x in 30 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

κοιμάω koimáō, koy-mah'-o; from G2749; to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease:—(be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G2837 in the following manner: sleep (10x), fall asleep (4x), be asleep (2x), fall on sleep (1x), be dead (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G2837 in the following manner: sleep (10x), fall asleep (4x), be asleep (2x), fall on sleep (1x), be dead (1x).

  1. to cause to sleep, put to sleep

  2. metaph.

    1. to still, calm, quiet

    2. to fall asleep, to sleep

    3. to die

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κοιμάω koimáō, koy-mah'-o; from G2749; to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease:—(be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead.
STRONGS G2837:
κοιμάω, κοίμω: passive, present κοιμάομαι. κοιμωμαι; perfect κεκοίμημαι (cf. Winer's Grammar, 274 (257)); 1 aorist ἐκοιμήθην; 1 future κοιμηθήσομαι; (akin to κεῖμαι; Curtius, § 45); to cause to sleep, put to sleep (Homer, et al.); metaphorically, to still, calm, quiet, (Homer, Aeschylus, Plato); passive to sleep, fall asleep: properly, Matthew 28:13; Luke 22:45; John 11:12; Acts 12:6; the Sept. for שָׁכַב. metaphorically, and euphemistically equivalent to to die (cf. English to fall asleep): John 11:11; Acts 7:60; Acts 13:36; 1 Corinthians 7:39; 1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Corinthians 15:6, 51 (cf. Winers Grammar, 555 (517); Buttmann, 121 (106) note); 2 Peter 3:4; οἱ κοιμώμενοι, κεκοιμημένοι, κοιμηθέντες, equivalent to the dead: Matthew 27:52; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15; with ἐν Χριστῷ added (see ἐν, I. 6 b., p. 211b), 1 Corinthians 15:18; in the same sense Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 43:17; 1 Kings 11:43; 2 Macc. 12:45; Homer, Iliad 11, 241; Sophocles Electr. 509.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
2; 11:43
Isaiah
14:8; 43:17
Matthew
27:52; 28:13
Luke
22:45
John
11:11; 11:12
Acts
7:60; 12:6; 13:36
1 Corinthians
7:39; 11:30; 15:6; 15:18; 15:20; 15:51
1 Thessalonians
4:13; 4:14; 4:15
2 Peter
3:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2837 matches the Greek κοιμάω (koimaō),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:52 - And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:13 - Say, His disciples came by night and took him away secretly while we were sleeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:45 - And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11 - These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:12 - Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:60

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:60 - And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36 - Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 - It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:30 - For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 - Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:18 - And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:20 - But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 - See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:13 - But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:14 - For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:15 - For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4 - Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.
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