UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: βαρύνω · βαρέω

Sense 1: to have become very sleepy, to be very sleepy

Semantic entry: 23.69

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sleep, Waking

Definition: (an idiom, literally: their eyes were weighed down) to become excessively or exceedingly sleepy

Notes: In some languages the equivalent of ἦσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ βεβαρημένοι (or καταβαρυνόμενοι) would be ‘they could no longer keep their eyes open’ or ‘they could not drive sleep away.’

Forms: καταβαρύνομαι

Collocations: ἦσαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ καταβαρυνόμενοι

Show passage in OET: MRK 14:40

OET-RV MRK 14:40

40 but when he returned again, he found them all asleep because they were tired, but they couldn’t really find any excuse to give.

OET-LV MRK 14:40

40 And having _come again, he _found them sleeping, because/for the eyes of _them were being _weighed _down, and they _had_ not _known what they _may _be _answer to _him.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

καταβαρύνω

Form 1

Sense 1: to have become very sleepy, to be very sleepy