κοιμάω koimaō

Greek word for “to sleep” · Strong’s G2837 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

κοιμάω, -ῶ; to lull to sleep, put to sleep.

How it is translated

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

• having fallen asleep 5
• fell asleep 3
• sleeping 2
• has fallen asleep 2
• fallen asleep 2
• being asleep 1
• shall have died 1
• will sleep 1
• themselves falling asleep 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 15 (4), 1 Thessalonians 4 (3), John 11 (2), Matthew 27 (1), Matthew 28 (1), Luke 22 (1), Acts 7 (1), Acts 12 (1), Acts 13 (1), 1 Corinthians 7 (1)

Forms

• κεκοιμημένων 2
• κοιμωμένων 2
• κεκοίμηται 2
• ἐκοιμήθη 2
• ἐκοιμήθησαν 2
• κοιμηθέντας 2
• κοιμωμένους 1
• κοιμώμενος 1
• κοιμηθῇ 1
• κοιμῶνται 1

Words used with it

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

• παρουσία parousia “coming” 2
• δέω deō “to bind” 2
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 3
• νύξ nux “night” 2
• ἀνίστημι anistēmi “to arise” 2
• ζάω zaō “to live” 2
• ἐγείρω egeirō “to arise” 2
• θέλω thelō “to will/desire” 2
• οὕτως ohutō, ohutōs “thus(-ly)” 2
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 2
• πολύς polus “much” 2
• πατήρ patēr “father” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 27:52 — And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
• John 11:11 — These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
• Acts 7:60 — And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Acts 12:6 — And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door…
• Acts 13:36 — For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
• 1 Corinthians 11:30 — For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
• 1 Corinthians 15:6 — After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
• 1 Corinthians 15:20 — But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
• 1 Corinthians 15:51 — Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13 — But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14 — For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
• 2 Peter 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 the creation.

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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.