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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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Zechariah 4:1
AND the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
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1611 witness · Zechariah 4:1 · retained source text

¶ And the Angell that talked with me, came againe and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleepe:

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