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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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Daniel 10:9
Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 10:9 · retained source text

Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his wordes, then was I in a deepe sleepe on my face, and my face toward the ground.

Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 12:2 · retained source text

And many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to euerlasting life, and some to shame and euerlasting contempt.

1611 marginal noteMatt. 25, 45. ioh.5.29.

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,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
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:

Matthew 1:24
Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 1:24 · retained source text

Then Ioseph, being raised from sleepe, did as the Angel of the Lord had bidden him, & tooke vnto him his wife:

Matthew 26:45
Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 26:45 · retained source text

Then commeth he to his Disciples, and saith vnto them, Sleepe on now, and take your rest, behold, the houre is at hand, and the sonne of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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
The 1611 reading
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
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.

Luke 9:32
But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 9:32 · retained source text

But Peter, and they that were with him, were heauie with sleepe: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.

John 11:11
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 11:11 · retained source text

These things said hee, and after that, hee saith vnto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth, but I goe, that I may awake him out of sleepe.

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