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GreekG2518Verb

καθεύδω

katheudō

20Occurrences
G2518Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)

from G2596 (κατά) and (to sleep);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to sleep. Metaphorical, (a) of death (as Ps, Da, ll. with): (b) of moral and spiritual insensibility.
Synonyms
(κοιμάω.)
LXX: chiefly for שָׁכַב, also for יָשֵׁן, Dan LXX TH for יָשַׁב

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

καθεύδω appears 20 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
7
Mark
7
1 Thessalonians
3
Luke
2
Ephesians
1

Key Passages

1 Thessalonians 5:6BSB

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

Luke 22:46BSB

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”

Matthew 26:40BSB

Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.

Matthew 9:24BSB

“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.

Mark 14:41BSB

When Jesus returned the third time, He said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? That is enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.