καθεύδω katheudō

Greek word for “to sleep” · Strong’s G2518 · used 22 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

καθεύδω; to sleep: 9:24 13:25 25:5 26:46, 43 26:45, 5:39 14:37, 40-41, 22:46.

How it is translated

Glosses given for katheudō in context, with how often each is used:

• sleeping 11
• sleeps 3
• sleep 3
• may sleep 2
• asleep? 1
• sleeping? 1
• shall sleep 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 26 (3), Mark 14 (3), 1 Thessalonians 5 (3), Mark 4 (2), Matthew 8 (1), Matthew 9 (1), Matthew 13 (1), Matthew 25 (1), Mark 5 (1), Mark 13 (1)

Forms

• καθεύδοντας 5
• καθεύδει 3
• καθεύδετε 3
• καθεύδων 2
• καθεύδωμεν 2
• ἐκάθευδεν 1
• καθεύδειν 1
• ἐκάθευδον 1
• καθεύδῃ 1
• καθεύδεις 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with katheudō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• γρηγορέω grēgoreō “to keep watch” 4
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 5
• ὥρα hōra “hour” 4
• ἀποθνήσκω apothnēskō “to die” 4
• ἀναπαύω anapauō “to give rest” 2
• λοιπόν loipon “henceforth” 2
• ἐγείρω egeirō “to arise” 3
• ἰσχύω ischuō “be strong” 2
• ἰδού idou “look!” 3
• κλαίω klaiō “to weep” 2
• ἁμαρτωλός hamartōlos “sinful” 2
• νύξ nux “night” 2

Key verses

The verses using katheudō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 8:24 — And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
• Matthew 13:25 — But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
• Matthew 25:5 — While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
• Matthew 26:40 — And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
• Matthew 26:45 — Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the…
• Mark 4:38 — And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
• Mark 14:37 — And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
• Mark 14:41 — And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into…
• Ephesians 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:7 — For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:10 — Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.