G3573

νυστάζω

nustazōG:V

to doze

νυστάζω (cf. νεύω), [in LXX for נוּם, etc ;] to nod in sleep, fall asleep: Mat.25:5. Metaphorical, of negligence or delay, ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτῶν οὐ νυστάζει (cf. Psa.121:4, Isa.5:27) : 2Pe.2:3.† (AS)

The KJV translates G3573 in the following manner:

slumbered (2x), slumbereth (2x), they (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

νυστάζω — nystázō

νυστάζω; 1 aorist ἐνύσταξα; (ΝΥΩ, cf. νεύω, νευστάζω); the Sept. for נוּם;

1. properly, "to nod in sleep, to sleep (Hippocrates, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others); to be overcome or oppressed with sleep; to fall asleep, drop off to sleep," ((cf. Wycliffe) to nap it"): Mat 25:5; the Sept. for נִרְדַּם, Psa 75:7.

2. like the Latindormito (cf. our to be napping), tropical equivalent to: to be negligent, careless (Plato, Plutarch, others): of a thing equivalent to to linger, delay, 2Pe 2:3.

2 occurrences

Matthew (1), II Peter (1)