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Strong's #2518 - καθεύδω

Transliteration
katheúdō
Phonetics
kath-yoo'-do
Origin
from (G2596) and heudo (to sleep)
Parts of Speech
verb
TDNT
3:431,384
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Definition   
Thayer's
  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
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 3427 ‑ יָשַׁב (yaw‑shab');  3462 ‑ יָשֵׁן (yaw‑shane');  7901 ‑ שָׁכַב (shaw‑kab');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

καθεύδω,

so also in Ion., Hdt. 2.95 codd.: impf. καθεῦδον (καθηῦδον) Il. 1.611, Ar. Av. 495, Pl. Smp. 217d, al.; ἐκάθευδον Lys. 1.13,23, X. Oec. 7.11: fut. καθευδήσω Ar. Ec. 419, X. Cyr. 6.2.30, etc.: aor. ἐκαθεύδησα (not in Att.), Luc. Asin. 6; inf. καθευδῆσαι Hp Int. 12:

I lie down to sleep, sleep, Il. 1.611, Od. 3.402, etc.; opp. ἀγρυπνέω, ἐγρήγορα, Thgn. 471, Pl. Phd. 71c, etc.; καλὸς νέκυς, οἷα καθεύδων Bion 1.71; κ. μάτην A. Ch. 881; νυκτὸς κ. to sleep by night, Pl. Phdr. 251e; κ. τὰς νύκτας to sleep all one's nights, Bato 4; μαλακῶς, σκληρῶς κ., Antiph. 187.6, Timocl. 16.2; of male and female, ἵνα τώ γε καθεύδετον ἐν φιλότητι Od. 8.313; κ. μετά τινος Pl. Smp. 219d: generally, pass the night, τὴν βουλὴν εἰς ἀκρόπολιν ἰέναι κἀκεῖ κ. And. 1.45; κ. ἐπὶ ξύλου roost, of a fowl, Ar. Nu. 1431; ἐκ τοῦ καθεύδοντος from a sleeping state, Pl. Phd. 72b.

II

1. metaph., lie asleep, lie idle, Χερί A. Ag. 1357, cf. X. HG 5.1.20, An. 1.3.11, D. 19.303; κ. τὸν βίον to be asleep all one's life, sleep away one's life, Pl. R. 404a; opp. ἐνεργεῖν, Arist. EN 1157b8; opp. προσέχειν τοῖς πράγμασι, Plu. Pomp. 15.

2. of things, lie still, be at rest, ἐλπίδες οὔπω κ. E. Ph. 634; καθεύδειν ἐᾶν ἐν τῇ γῇ κατακείμενα τείχη Pl. Lg. 778d: τοὺς νόμους ἐᾶν κ. Plu. Ages. 30.

3. of the sleep of death, καθεύδοντες ἐν τάφῳ LXX Psalms 87:6(88).6, cf. Daniel 12:2; .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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

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

2. to sleep;

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

b. euphemistically, to be dead: 1 Thessalonians 5:10; (Psalm 87:6 (); Daniel 12:2).

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


Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

καθεύδω ,

[in LXX chiefly for H7901, Genesis 28:13, Psalms 88:5, al.; also for H3462, , Da LXX TH Daniel 12:2, al.; for H3427, 1 Samuel 19:9;]

to sleep: Matthew 8:24; Matthew 9:24; Matthew 13:25; Matthew 25:5; Matthew 26:46; Matthew 26:43; Matthew 26:45, Mark 4:27; Mark 4:38; Mark 5:39; Mark 14:37; Mark 14:40-41, Luke 8:52; Luke 22:46, 1 Thessalonians 5:7. Metaph.,

(a) of death (as Ps, Da, ll. c.): 1 Thessalonians 5:10 (cf. Matthew 9:24, Mark 5:39, Luke 8:52, and v. Swete, Mk., l.c);

(b) of moral and spiritual insensibility: Mark 13:36, Ephesians 5:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:6.†

SYN.: (κοιμάω . G2837)


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

BGU IV. 1141.32 (B.C. 14) οὐδὲ γὰρ καθεύδωι ἔσωι ἵνα εἰδῶι, PSI I. 94.17 (ii/A.D.) καθεύδει τῇ νυκτί. In the rules regulating visitors to a sacred shrine, Syll 589.44 (iv/ B.C.), it is provided—ἐν δὲ τοῖ κοιμητηρίοι καθεύδειν χωρὶς μὲν τὸς ἄνδρας, χωρὶς δὲ τὰς γυναῖκας. The compound ἐγκαθεύδω occurs several times in the same document. We may add Epict. ii. 20. 10 βαλὼν κάθευδε καὶ τὰ τοῦ σκώληκος ποίει, ";lie down and sleep and play the part of the worm."; On the irregular construction in Mark 4:27 see Proleg. p. 185 f.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
εκάθευδε εκαθευδεν εκάθευδεν ἐκάθευδεν εκαθευδον εκάθευδον ἐκάθευδον κάθευδε καθευδει καθεύδει καθευδειν καθεύδειν καθευδεις καθεύδεις Καθευδετε Καθεύδετε καθευδη καθεύδη καθεύδῃ καθεύδης καθευδοντας καθεύδοντας καθευδοντες καθεύδοντες καθευδόντων καθεύδουσι καθευδουσιν καθεύδουσιν καθεύδω καθευδωμεν καθεύδωμεν καθευδων καθεύδων ekatheuden ekátheuden ekatheudon ekátheudon katheude katheudē katheudei katheúdei katheúdēi katheudein katheúdein katheudeis katheúdeis Katheudete Katheúdete katheudomen katheudōmen katheúdomen katheúdōmen katheudon katheudōn katheúdon katheúdōn katheudontas katheúdontas katheudontes katheúdontes katheudousin katheúdousin
 
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