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sleeper

Meaning of “sleeper”

A person who is sleeping.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Jonah 1:6

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The KJV occurrence

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Jonah 1:6
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So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jonah 1:6 · retained source text

So the shipmaster came to him, and said vnto him; What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call vpon thy God, if so be that God wil thinke vpon vs, that we perish not.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Jonah 1:6

Jonah first lies fast asleep and is then directly addressed as O sleeper, an express identity for a sleeping person.

2 · KJV context and cross-references

Jonah 1:6

Historical English dictionary sources

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