Hýpnos — G5258

G5258 · Greek — ὕπνος

Pronunciation: hoop'-nos

Definition

masculine noun

sleep, i.e. (figuratively) spiritual torpor

Usually translated as

sleep

Origin

from an obsolete primary (perhaps akin to G5259 through the idea of subsilience)

Occurrences

Hýpnos occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (1), John (1), Acts (1), Romans (1)

Strong's Lexicon — H