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sleep

Meaning of “sleep”

Sense 1: Natural bodily rest with suspended waking activity; figuratively, inattention or inactivity; or death described as sleep. Sense 2: To rest in sleep; figuratively, to lie in death.

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82 occurrences72 verses26 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:21

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2 Samuel 7:12
¶ And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 7:12 · retained source text

¶ And when thy dayes be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, I will set vp thy seede after thee, which shall proceede out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdome.

1611 marginal note1.King. 8.20.

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