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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:12 - Then G3767 said G2036 his G846 disciples, G3101 Lord, G2962 if G1487 he sleep, G2837 he shall do well. G4982

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:60 - And G1161 he G5087➔ kneeled G1119 down, ➔G5087 and cried G2896 with a loud G3173 voice, G5456 Lord, G2962 lay G2476 not G3361 this G3778 sin G266 to their G846 charge. And G2532 when he had said G2036 this, G5124 he fell asleep. G2837

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - And G1161 when G3753 Herod G2264 would G3195 have brought G4254➔ him G846 forth, ➔G4254 the G3588 same G1565 night G3571 Peter G4074 was G2258 sleeping G2837 between G3342 two G1417 soldiers, G4757 bound G1210 with two G1417 chains: G254 and G5037 the keepers G5441 before G4253 the G3588 door G2374 kept G5083 the G3588 prison. G5438

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36 - For G1063 David, G1138 after he had served G5256 his own G2398 generation G1074 by the G3588 will G1012 of God, G2316 fell on sleep, G2837 and G2532 was laid G4369 unto G4314 his G846 fathers, G3962 and G2532 saw G3708 corruption: G1312

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 - The wife G1135 is bound G1210 by G1909 the law G3551 as long as G3745 her G846 husband G435 liveth; G2198 but G1161 if G1437 her G846 husband G435 be dead, G2837 she is G2076 at liberty G1658 to be married G1060 to whom G3739 she will; G2309 only G3440 in G1722 the Lord. G2962

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:30 - For G1223➔ this G5124 cause ➔G1223 many G4183 are weak G772 and G2532 sickly G732 among G1722 you, G5213 and G2532 many G2425 sleep. G2837

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 - After that, G1899 he was seen G3700 of above G1883 five hundred G4001 brethren G80 at once; G2178 of G1537 whom G3739 the G3588 greater part G4119 remain G3306 unto G2193 this present, G737 but G1161 some G5100 are fallen asleep. G2837

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:18 - Then G686 they also G2532 which G3588 are fallen asleep G2837 in G1722 Christ G5547 are perished. G622

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:20 - But G1161 now G3570 is G1453➔ Christ G5547 risen ➔G1453 from G1537 the dead, G3498 and become G1096 the firstfruits G536 of them G3588 that slept. G2837

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 - Behold, G2400 I shew G3004 you G5213 a mystery; G3466 We shall G2837➔ not G3756 all G3956 sleep, ➔ G2837 but G1161 we shall G236➔ all G3956 be changed, ➔G236

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:13 - But G1161 I would G2309➔ not G3756 have ➔G2309 you G5209 to be ignorant, G50 brethren, G80 concerning G4012 them which G3588 are asleep, G2837 that G2443 ye sorrow G3076 not, G3361 even G2532 as G2531 others G3062 which G3588 have G2192 no G3361 hope. G1680

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:14 - For G1063 if G1487 we believe G4100 that G3754 Jesus G2424 died G599 and G2532 rose again, G450 even so G3779 them also G2532 which G3588 sleep G2837 in G1223 Jesus G2424 will G71➔ God G2316 bring ➔G71 with G4862 him. G846

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:15 - For G1063 this G5124 we say G3004 unto you G5213 by G1722 the word G3056 of the Lord, G2962 that G3754 we G2249 which G3588 are alive G2198 and remain G4035 unto G1519 the G3588 coming G3952 of the G3588 Lord G2962 shall G5348➔ not G3361 prevent ➔G5348 them which G3588 are asleep. G2837

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4 - And G2532 saying, G3004 Where G4226 is G2076 the G3588 promise G1860 of his G846 coming? G3952 for G1063 since G575 the G3588 fathers G3962 fell asleep, G2837 all things G3956 continue G1265 as G3779 they were from G575 the beginning G746 of the creation. G2937
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