Yâshên — H3462

H3462 · Hebrew — ישן

Pronunciation: yaw-shane'

Definition

verb

properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate

  1. to sleep, be asleep
    1. (Qal) to sleep, go to sleep, be asleep
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to remain a long time, be stored up
      2. to be festering (of leprosy)
    3. (Piel) to cause to sleep, entice to sleep

Usually translated as

sleep, old, remain long

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yâshên occurs 19 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Leviticus (2), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), 1 Kings (1), Job (1), Psalms (5), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y