ἀγρυπνία
agrypnia · sleeplessness
Greek word · Strong’s number G70 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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agrypnia (ἀγρυπνία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sleeplessness”.
Nights without sleep, from work or from keeping watch.
How to say it
a·gryp·ni·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Going without rest, kept awake.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians 6:5
in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in fastings,
- 2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and toil, in sleepless nights often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.