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asleep

Meaning of “asleep”

Sense 1: In a state of sleep. Sense 2: Figuratively, dead.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
16 occurrences16 verses11 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Judges 4:21

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Jonah 1:5
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
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1611 witness · Jonah 1:5 · retained source text

Then the Mariners were afraid, and cried euery man vnto his god, and cast foorth the wares that were in the ship, into the sea, to lighten it of them: but Ionah was gone downe into the sides of the ship, and hee lay, and was fast asleepe.

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Dead; in a state of death. Sleeping; in a state of sleep; at rest.

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