'Sleeps' in the Bible

And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god; for he is meditating, or gone aside, or he is on a journey; perhaps he sleeps, and will awake.

he said, Withdraw, for the damsel is not dead, but sleeps. And they derided him.

And entering in he says to them, Why do ye make a tumult and weep? the child has not died, but sleeps.

And all were weeping and lamenting her. But he said, Do not weep, for she has not died, but sleeps.