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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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Mark 4:27
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Mark 4:27 · retained source text

And should sleepe, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow vp, he knoweth not how.

Mark 14:41
And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
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1611 witness · Mark 14:41 · retained source text

And he commeth the third time, and saith vnto them, Sleepe on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the houre is come, behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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