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awake

Meaning of “awake”

Sense 1: To cease sleeping or to arouse from sleep or inactivity. Sense 2: Not sleeping; fully roused from sleep.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
42 occurrences32 verses16 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Judges 5:12

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Psalms 139:18
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 139:18 · retained source text

If I should count them, they are moe in number then the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Proverbs 23:35
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 23:35 · retained source text

They haue striken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sicke: they haue beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seeke it yet againe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I knew it not.

Song of Solomon 2:7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:7 · retained source text

I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes, and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till she please.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I adiure you.

1611 marginal noteChap.3.5. and 8.4.

Song of Solomon 3:5
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 3:5 · retained source text

I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes and by the Hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till he please.

1611 marginal noteChap 2.7. and 8.4.

Song of Solomon 4:16
awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:16 · retained source text

¶ Awake, O Northwinde, and come thou South, blow vpon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out: let my beloued come into his garden, and eate his pleasant fruits.

Song of Solomon 8:4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 8:4 · retained source text

I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue vntill he please.

1611 marginal noteHeb. why should yee stirre vp, or why,&c?

1611 marginal noteChap.3.5. and 2.7.

Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 26:19 · retained source text

Thy dead men shall liue, together with my dead body shall they arise: awake and sing yee that dwell in dust: for thy dewe is as the dewe of herbes, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Isaiah 51:9
awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
3 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 51:9 · retained source text

¶ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arme of the LORD, awake as in the ancient dayes, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

1611 marginal notePsal. 74.13,14. eze. 29.3.

Isaiah 51:17
awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 51:17 · retained source text

¶ Awake, awake, stand vp, O Ierusalem, which hast drunke at the hand of the LORD the cup of his furie; thou hast drunken the dregges of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

1611 marginal noteChap.52.1.

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Historical definitions

To cease to sleep; to come from natural sleep. To bestir, revive, or rouse from inactivity.

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