KJV dictionary & concordance

asleep

Meaning of “asleep”

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

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

16 occurrences16 verses11 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Judges 4:21

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Judges 4:21

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Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Judges 4:21 · retained source text

Then Iael Hebers wife, tooke a naile of the tent, and tooke an hammer in her hand, and went softly vnto him, and smote the naile into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: (for he was fast asleepe, and weary;) so he died.

1611 marginal noteHebr. put.