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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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First occurrence: Genesis 2:21

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Romans 13:11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
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1611 witness · Romans 13:11 · retained source text

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleepe: for now is our saluation neerer then when we beleeued.

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