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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἀφυπνόω

Strong’s: G879

Associated OET lemmas: ἀφυπνόω · ἀφυστερέω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ὕπνος

Sense 1: to fall asleep

Semantic entry: 23.70

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sleep, Waking

Definition: to begin to sleep

Notes: It would obviously be a mistake to try to imitate the English idiom ‘to fall asleep,’ for this might be understood as ‘to go to sleep and as a result fall down’ or even ‘to fall down and then remain unconscious.’

LUK 8:23: RV LUK 8:23 · LV LUK 8:23 · Read together LUK 8:23

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OET-RV LUK 8:23

23 but once they were moving, Yeshua fell asleep. Then a big storm descended onto the lake and the boat was being swamped by the waves and they were in danger of sinking.

OET-LV LUK 8:23

23 But sailing of_them, he_fell_asleep.
And an_ of_wind _storm came_down on the lake, and they_were_being_swamped and they_were_risking_danger.