20 occurrences

'Asleep' in the Bible

So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head; and they went away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Yahweh was fallen on them.

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night."

Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep."

But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.

He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."

The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
κοιμάω 
Koimao 
sleep , fall asleep , be asleep , fall on sleep , be dead
Usage: 16

ישׁן 
Yashen 
Usage: 9

רדם 
Radam 
Usage: 7

ἀφυπνόω 
Aphupnoo 
Usage: 1