KJV dictionary & concordance

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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KJV context and cross-references

82 occurrences72 verses26 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:21

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Every verse containing “sleep”

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In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Job 4:13 · retained source text

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deepe sleepe falleth on men:

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And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Job 7:21 · retained source text

And why doest thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquitie? for now shall I sleepe in the dust, and thou shalt seeke me in the morning, but I shall not be.

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So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

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1611 witness · Job 14:12 · retained source text

So man lyeth downe, and riseth not, till the heauens be no more, they shall not awake; nor bee raised out of their sleepe.

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In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Job 33:15 · retained source text

In a dreame, in a vision of the night, when deepe sleepe falleth vpon men, in slumbrings vpon the bed:

Complete reference index — all 72 verses

Genesis 2:21 Genesis 15:12 Genesis 28:11 Genesis 28:16 Genesis 31:40 Exodus 22:27 Deuteronomy 24:12 Deuteronomy 24:13 Deuteronomy 31:16 Judges 16:14 Judges 16:19 Judges 16:20 1 Samuel 3:3 1 Samuel 26:12 2 Samuel 7:12 1 Kings 1:21 Esther 6:1 Job 4:13 Job 7:21 Job 14:12 Job 33:15 Psalms 4:8 Psalms 13:3 Psalms 76:5 Psalms 76:6 Psalms 78:65 Psalms 90:5 Psalms 121:4 Psalms 127:2 Psalms 132:4 Proverbs 3:24 Proverbs 4:16 Proverbs 6:4 Proverbs 6:9 Proverbs 6:10 Proverbs 19:15 Proverbs 20:13 Proverbs 24:33 Ecclesiastes 5:12 Ecclesiastes 8:16 Song of Solomon 5:2 Isaiah 5:27 Isaiah 29:10 Jeremiah 31:26 Jeremiah 51:39 Jeremiah 51:57 Ezekiel 34:25 Daniel 2:1 Daniel 6:18 Daniel 8:18 Daniel 10:9 Daniel 12:2 Zechariah 4:1 Matthew 1:24 Matthew 26:45 Mark 4:27 Mark 14:41 Luke 9:32 Luke 22:46 John 11:11 John 11:12 John 11:13 Acts 13:36 Acts 16:27 Acts 20:9 Romans 13:11 1 Corinthians 11:30 1 Corinthians 15:51 1 Thessalonians 4:14 1 Thessalonians 5:6 1 Thessalonians 5:7 1 Thessalonians 5:10

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Job 4:13 Psalm 13:3 Matthew 26:40-41 John 11:11-14 Romans 13:11 1 Thessalonians 4:13-16 Job 33:15 1 Thessalonians 4:13 1 Thessalonians 4:14 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Psalms 13:3 Job 14:12 Genesis 2:21 Judges 16:19 Proverbs 3:24 Isaiah 5:27 Daniel 12:2 John 11:13 1 Thessalonians 5:10