26 occurrences

'Asleep' in the Bible

He fell asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.

Verse ConceptsDoing Things TwiceSeven Things

Before the men fell asleep, she went up on the roof

Verse ConceptsRoofRooftop

Then she let him fall asleep on her lap and called a man to shave off the seven braids on his head. In this way, she made him helpless, and his strength left him.

Verse ConceptsContentious WomanBarbersBaldnessKneelingShavingTreacheryKneesSeven Body PartsLong HairNo Strength LeftHairvulnerabilitydreadlocks

That night, David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. Abner and the troops were lying around him.

Verse ConceptsSoldiers

So David took the spear and the water jug by Saul’s head, and they went their way. No one saw them, no one knew, and no one woke up; they all remained asleep because a deep sleep from the Lord came over them.

Verse ConceptsSleep, Physical

She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was asleep. She laid him at her breast, and she put her dead son in my arms.

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersMidnightCorpses Of Other People

Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;I would be asleep.Then I would be at rest

Verse ConceptsSleeping Peacefully

The captain approached him and said, “What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god. Maybe this god will consider us, and we won’t perish.”

Verse ConceptsCaptainsNot DyingDeath AvertedWill God Pay Attention?Serving One's Own Gods

Since the groom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWaiting Till Marriage

He went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.”

Verse ConceptsLast ThingsMourningSleep, And DeathDisorder Among PeopleNot DyingDeath AvertedMourning The Death Of OthersDeath Of A Child

and as they were sailing He fell asleep. Then a fierce windstorm came down on the lake; they were being swamped and were in danger.

Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsSwamped

Everyone was crying and mourning for her. But He said, “Stop crying, for she is not dead but asleep.”

Verse ConceptsLamentingMourningSorrowDo Not MournMourning The Death Of Others

He said this, and then He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m on My way to wake him up.”

Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusIntermediate Stateawakeninglazarus

Then the disciples said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well.”

Verse ConceptsMisunderstood TruthThe Disciples Words

For David, after serving his own generation in God’s plan, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsGuidance, God's Promises OfLast ThingsPeople Are CorruptiblePurposeLife Purposecorruptionevangelising

For we say this to you by a revelation from the Lord: We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming will certainly have no advantage over those who have fallen asleep.

Verse ConceptsPeople Going BeforeDeath Of God's PeopleLiving OnThe Timing Of His ComingThe Rapture

Bible Theasaurus

Asleep (65 instances)
Benumbed (2 instances)
Deceased (12 instances)
Departed (350 instances)
Sleeping (91 instances)

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Strong's
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

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