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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:52 - and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:13 - saying, “Tell them, ‘His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we slept.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:45 - When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11 - These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:12 - Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:60

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:60 - Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:36 - “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:39 - A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:30 - For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:6 - After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:18 - Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:20 - But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:51 - Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:13 - But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:14 - For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 4:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 4:15 - For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4 - and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.”
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