G2518

καθεύδω

katheudōG:V

to sleep

καθεύδω [in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַב, Gen.28:13, Psa.88:5, al.; also for יָשֵׁן, Sng.5:2, Dan LXX TH Dan.12:2, al.; for יָשַׁב, 1Ki.19:9 ;] to sleep: Mat.8:24 9:24 13:25 25:5 26:46, 43 26:45, Mrk.4:27, 38 5:39 14:37, 40-41, Luk.8:52 22:46, 1Th.5:7. Metaphorical, __(a) of death (as Ps, Da, ll. with): 1Th.5:10 (cf. Mat.9:24, Mrk.5:39, Luk.8:52, and see Swete, Mk., l.with); __(b) of moral and spiritual insensibility: Mrk.13:36, Eph.5:14, 1Th.5:6.† SYN.: (κοιμάω.) (AS)

The KJV translates G2518 in the following manner:

asleep (10x), sleep (10x), sleepeth (6x), on (4x), sleeping (4x), slept (4x), sleepest (2x), they (2x), thou (2x), us (2x), ye (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

καθεύδω — katheúdō

καθεύδω; imperfect 3 person plural ἐκάθευδον; from Homer down; the Sept. mostly for שָׁכַב;

1. to fall asleep, to drop off to sleep: Mat 25:5.

2. to sleep;

a. properly: Mat 8:24; Mat 9:24 (on this and its parallels, cf. B. D. American edition, p. 1198{a});; Mar 4:27; Mar 4:38; Mar 5:39; Mar 13:36; Mar 14:37; Mar 14:40; Luk 8:52; Luk 22:46; 1Th 5:7.

b. euphemistically, to be dead: 1Th 5:10; (Psa 87:6; Dan 12:2).

c. metaphorically, to yield to sloth and sin, and be indifferent to one's salvation: Eph 5:14; 1Th 5:6.

20 occurrences

Matthew (7), Mark (7), Luke (2), Ephesians (1), I Thessalonians (3)