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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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Esther 6:1
ON that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 6:1 · retained source text

¶ On that night could not the King sleepe, and hee commaunded to bring the booke of Records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the kings sleepe fled away.

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