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ὕπνος

hypnos · sleep

Greek word · Strong’s number G5258 · appears 6 times in the Bible

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What it means

hypnos (ὕπνος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sleep”.

How to say it

hyp·nos

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

  1. Slumber; also spiritual drowsiness.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

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Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 1:24

    And Joseph, rising from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took to himself his wife;

  • Luke 9:32

    Now Peter and those with him were weighed down with sleep; but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

  • John 11:13

    Now Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about the rest of sleep.

  • Acts 20:9

    And a certain young man named Eutychus, sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on, overcome by sleep, fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

  • Romans 13:11

    And do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to rise from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we came to believe.

And 1 more times.