Koimáō — G2837

Definition

verb

to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease

1. in the same sense

Usually translated as

sleep, be dead, beasleep, fallasleep

Origin

from G2749

• keîmai (G2749)

Occurrences

Koimáō occurs 17 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Luke (1), John (2), Acts (3), 1 Corinthians (5), 1 Thessalonians (3), 2 Peter (1)

• Matthew 27:52 — And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept (κεκοιμημένων) arose,
• Matthew 28:13 — Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept (κοιμωμένων).
• Luke 22:45 — And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping (κοιμωμένους) for sorrow,
• John 11:11 — These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth (κεκοίμηται); but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
• John 11:12 — Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep (κεκοίμηται), he shall do well.
• Acts 7:60 — And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep (ἐκοιμήθη).
• Acts 12:6 — And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping (κοιμώμενος) between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
• Acts 13:36 — For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep (ἐκοιμήθη), and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
• 1 Corinthians 7:39 — The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead (κοιμηθῆ), she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 11:30 — For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep (κοιμῶνται).
• 1 Corinthians 15:6 — After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep (ἐκοιμήθησαν).
• 1 Corinthians 15:18 — Then they also which are fallen asleep (κοιμηθέντες) in Christ are perished.
• 1 Corinthians 15:20 — But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept (κεκοιμημένων).
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13 — But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (κεκοιμημένων), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14 — For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep (κοιμηθέντας) in Jesus will God bring with him.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:15 — For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep (κοιμηθέντας).
• 2 Peter 3:4 — And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep (ἐκοιμήθησαν), all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.