UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to grow drowsy

Semantic entry: 23.67

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sleep, Waking

Definition: the process of becoming sleepy

Notes: ‘To grow drowsy’ may be rendered in some languages as ‘to begin to nod’ or ‘their heads fell’ or ‘their eyes gradually closed.’|In OET PE2 2:3 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).

Show passage in OET: MAT 25:5

OET-RV MAT 25:5

5 When the groom was delayed, they started nodding off and napping.

OET-LV MAT 25:5

5 And the bridegroom delaying, all nodding _off and were _sleeping.

Show passage in OET: PE2 2:3

OET-RV PE2 2:3

3 They will exploit you with greed and made-up words but the judgement of old won’t be idle and their destroyer won’t be sleeping.

OET-LV PE2 2:3

3 And in greediness they _will _be _merchandising you _all with _fabricated messages, for _whom the judgement anciently is_ not _idling, and the destruction of _them is_ not _nodding _off.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

νυστάζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to grow drowsy