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Strong's Number G2518

καθεύδω
katheudo · kath-yoo'-do
Transliteration:
katheudo{kath-yoo'-do}
Word Origin:
from 2596 and heudo (to sleep)
TDNT:
3:431,384
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)
Usage in the KJV:
sleep 15

Total: 22
Occurs 22 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  1. to fall asleep, drop off to sleep
  2. to sleep
    1. to sleep normally
    2. euphemistically, to be dead
    3. metaph.
      1. to yield to sloth and sin
      2. to be indifferent to one's salvation
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament