KJV dictionary & concordance

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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KJV PCE

awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:34 · retained source text

Awake to righteousnesse, and sinne not: for some haue not the knowledge of God, I speake this to your shame.

Wherefore he saith, awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Ephesians 5:14 · retained source text

Wherfore hee saith: Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall giue thee light.

1611 marginal noteEsai. 60.1.

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Historical English dictionary sources

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

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