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Lexicon :: Strong's G2837 - koimaō

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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
185x 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:52 -

The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:13 -

and told them, “Say this, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him while we were sleeping.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:45 -

When he got up from prayer and came to the disciples, he found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11 -

He said this, and then he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m on my way to wake him up.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:12 -

Then the disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:60 -

He knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them! ” And after saying this, he fell asleep.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 -

When Herod was about to bring him out for trial, that very night Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36 -

“For David, after serving God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed,

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 -

A wife is bound[fn] as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants ​— ​only in the Lord.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:30 -

This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 -

Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers and sisters at one time; most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:18 -

Those, then, who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:20 -

But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 -

Listen, I am telling you a mystery: We will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:13 -

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:14 -

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:15 -

For we say this to you by a word from the Lord: We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4 -

saying, “Where is his ‘coming’ that he promised? Ever since our ancestors fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.”

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