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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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Deuteronomy 24:12
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 24:12 · retained source text

And if the man be poore, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge:

Deuteronomy 24:13
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 24:13 · retained source text

In any case thou shalt deliuer him the pledge againe when the Sun goeth downe, that he may sleepe in his owne raiment, and blesse thee: and it shall be righteousnesse vnto thee before the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 31:16
¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 31:16 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD saide vnto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and this people wil rise vp, and goe a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land whither they goe to be amongst them, and wil forsake me, and breake my couenant which I haue made with them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. lye downe.

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