κοιμάω
koimaō
- to sleep
- to lull to sleep
- put to sleep
- to fall asleep
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: to sleep
κοιμάω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַב ;]
to lull to sleep, put to sleep. Mid and pass. to fall asleep (M, Pr. 162; M, Th. 1, 4, 13): Mat.28:13, Luk.22:45, Jhn.11:12, Act.12:6. Metaph, of death: Mat.27:52, Jhn.11:11 Act.7:60 13:36, 1Co.7:39 11:30 15:6 15:18 15:20 15:51, 1Th.4:13-15, 2Pe.3:4 (cf. Isa.14:8 43:17, 2Ma.12:45).†
SYN.: καθεύδω (AS)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: to lull to sleep; put to sleep; to fall asleep
to lull to sleep; put to sleep; to fall asleep