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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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Mark 4:38
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
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1611 witness · Mark 4:38 · retained source text

And he was in the hinder part of the ship asleepe on a pillow: and they awake him, and say vnto him, Master, carest thou not, that we perish?

Mark 14:40
And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
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1611 witness · Mark 14:40 · retained source text

And when he returned, he found them asleepe againe, (for their eies were heauie) neither wist they what to answere him.

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Historical definitions

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

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