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νυστάζω

MainId: 003475000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ν

StrongCodes: G3573

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003475001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: verb

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003475001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 23.67

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physiological Processes and States

      LEXSubDomains: Sleep, Waking

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-11 12:38:33

         DefinitionShort: the process of becoming sleepy

         Glosses: to grow drowsy

         Comments: ‘To grow drowsy’ may be rendered in some languages as ‘to begin to nod’ or ‘their heads fell’ or ‘their eyes gradually closed.’|In {S:06100200300038} νυστάζω occurs in a highly figurative context: καὶ ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτῶν οὐ νυστάζει, literally ‘and their destruction is not drowsy,’ meaning either ‘their destruction is imminent’ or ‘their Destroyer has been wide awake’ (see Today’s English Version).

      LEXReferences: MAT 25:5, 2PET 2:3