UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: εὔδω

Sense 1: to sleep, to be asleep, sleep

Semantic entry: 23.66

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sleep, Waking

Definition: the state of being asleep

Notes: In some languages sleep is expressed by an idiom, for example, ‘his soul had wandered away’ or ‘his eyes had disappeared.’ Though an expression such as ‘his soul had wandered away’ might appear in some languages to have misleading theological implications, it really means only ‘to sleep.’

MAT 8:24: RV MAT 8:24 · LV MAT 8:24 · Read together MAT 8:24

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OET-RV MAT 8:24

24 Then wow, a huge storm rose up on the lake, and the waves started coming into the boat, but Yeshua was asleep.

OET-LV MAT 8:24

24 And see, a_ great _storm became in the sea, so _that the boat to _be _being _covered by the waves, but he was _sleeping.

MAT 9:24: RV MAT 9:24 · LV MAT 9:24 · Read together MAT 9:24

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OET-RV MAT 9:24

24 and he said, “Go away. The girl hasn’t died—she’s sleeping.” But they ridiculed him.

OET-LV MAT 9:24

24 he _was _saying:
Be _withdrawing, because/for the little _girl not died _off, but she _is _sleeping.
And they _were _ridiculing of _him.

All 19 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 8:24 · RV MAT 9:24 · RV MAT 13:25 · RV MAT 25:5 · RV MAT 26:40 · RV MAT 26:43 · RV MAT 26:45 · LV MAT 8:24 · LV MAT 9:24 · LV MAT 13:25 · LV MAT 25:5 · LV MAT 26:40 · LV MAT 26:43 · LV MAT 26:45 · Read together MAT 8:24 · Read together MAT 9:24 · Read together MAT 13:25 · Read together MAT 25:5 · Read together MAT 26:40 · Read together MAT 26:43 · Read together MAT 26:45

MRK: RV MRK 4:27 · RV MRK 4:38 · RV MRK 5:39 · RV MRK 13:36 · RV MRK 14:37 · RV MRK 14:40–41 · LV MRK 4:27 · LV MRK 4:38 · LV MRK 5:39 · LV MRK 13:36 · LV MRK 14:37 · LV MRK 14:40–41 · Read together MRK 4:27 · Read together MRK 4:38 · Read together MRK 5:39 · Read together MRK 13:36 · Read together MRK 14:37 · Read together MRK 14:40–41

LUK: RV LUK 8:52 · RV LUK 22:46 · LV LUK 8:52 · LV LUK 22:46 · Read together LUK 8:52 · Read together LUK 22:46

TH1: RV TH1 5:6–7 · RV TH1 5:10 · LV TH1 5:6–7 · LV TH1 5:10 · Read together TH1 5:6–7 · Read together TH1 5:10

Sense 2: to be dead, to have died

Semantic entry: 23.104

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Live, Die

Definition: (figurative extension of meaning of καθεύδω[a] ‘to sleep,’ 23.66: καθεύδω / 23.66: κοιμάομαι / 23.66: κοίμησις / 23.66: ὕπνος) to sleep, as a euphemistic expression for the state of being dead

Notes: Some translators have attempted to preserve the figure of speech in καθεύδω[b] and κοιμάομαι [source selector 000001][b] by translating to sleep rather than to have died or to be dead. Such a practice, however, has resulted in misunderstanding in a number of instances and has sometimes led to the doctrine of so-called soul-sleep.

EPH 5:14: RV EPH 5:14 · LV EPH 5:14 · Read together EPH 5:14

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OET-RV EPH 5:14

14 That’s why it says:
⇔ You who are asleep get up,
⇔ You who are dead come back to life,
⇔ The messiah will shine his light on you.

OET-LV EPH 5:14

14 Therefore he _is _saying:
Be _raising, you sleeping, and rise _up from the dead, and the chosen _one /messiah will _be _shining _upon upon _you.

TH1 5:10: RV TH1 5:10 · LV TH1 5:10 · Read together TH1 5:10

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OET-RV TH1 5:10

10 the one who was executed on our behalf so that whether we might be alert and watching, or whether we’re dead and ‘sleeping’, either way we’ll all live together with him.

OET-LV TH1 5:10

10 the one having _died _off for us, in _order _that whether we _may _be _watching or we _may _be _sleeping, together with him we _may _live.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

καθεύδω

Form 1

Sense 1: to sleep, to be asleep, sleep

Sense 2: to be dead, to have died