King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G879
Transliteration: aphypnoō
Phonetic Spelling: (af-oop-no'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fall asleep
Meaning: to fall asleep
ἀφυπνόω, ἀφύπνω: 1 aorist ἀφυπνωσα; (ὑπνόω to put to sleep, to sleep);
Word Summary
aphypnoō: to fall asleep
Original Word: ἀφυπνόωTransliteration: aphypnoō
Phonetic Spelling: (af-oop-no'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fall asleep
Meaning: to fall asleep
Strong's Concordance
fall asleep. From a compound of apo and hupnos; properly, to become awake, i.e. (by implication) to drop (off) in slumber -- fall asleep.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK hupnos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 879: ἀφυπνόωἀφυπνόω, ἀφύπνω: 1 aorist ἀφυπνωσα; (ὑπνόω to put to sleep, to sleep);
a. to awaken from sleep (Anthol. Pal. 9, 517, 5).
b. to fall asleep, to fall off to sleep: Luke 8:23; for this the ancient Greeks used καθυπνόω; see Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 224. (Hermas, vis. 1, 1 [ET].)