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slumber

Meaning of “slumber”

To sleep lightly; to doze.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
10 occurrences10 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Psalms 121:3

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “slumber”

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Psalms 121:3
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 121:3 · retained source text

He will not suffer thy foote to bee moued: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Psalms 132:4
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 132:4 · retained source text

I will not giue sleepe to mine eyes: or slumber to mine eyelids,

Proverbs 6:4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 6:4 · retained source text

Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Proverbs 6:10
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 6:10 · retained source text

Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleepe.

Proverbs 24:33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 24:33 · retained source text

Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the handes to sleepe:

1611 marginal noteChap.6.9. &c.

Isaiah 5:27
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:27 · retained source text

None shalbe weary, nor stumble amongst them: none shall slumber nor sleepe, neither shall the girdle of their loynes be loosed, nor the latchet of their shooes be broken.

Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 56:10 · retained source text

His watchmen are blinde: they are all ignorant, they are all dumbe dogs, they cannot barke; sleeping, lying downe, louing to slumber.

1611 marginal noteOr, dreaming or talking in their sleepe.

Nahum 3:18
Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nahum 3:18 · retained source text

Thy shepheards slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered vpon the mountaines, & no man gathereth them.

1611 marginal noteOr, valiant ones.

Romans 11:8
(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 11:8 · retained source text

According as it is written, God hath giuen them the spirit of slumber: eyes that they should not see, and eares that they should not heare vnto this day.

1611 marginal noteOr, remorse

1611 marginal noteEsa. 29.10.

1611 marginal noteEsa. 6.9.

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