King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5258
Transliteration: hypnos
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop'-nos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: sleep
Meaning: sleep
ὕπνος, ὕπνου, ὁ (i. e. συπνος, cf. Latinsopnus, somnus; Curtius, § 391), from Homer down, Hebrew שֵׁנָה, sleep: properly, Matthew 1:24; Luke 9:32; John 11:13; Acts 20:9; metaphorically, ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθῆναι (see ἐγείρω, 1), Romans 13:11.
Word Summary
hypnos: sleep
Original Word: ὕπνοςTransliteration: hypnos
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop'-nos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: sleep
Meaning: sleep
Strong's Concordance
sleep. From an obsolete primary (perhaps akin to hupo through the idea of subsilience); sleep, i.e. (figuratively) spiritual torpor -- sleep.
see GREEK hupo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5258: ὕπνοςὕπνος, ὕπνου, ὁ (i. e. συπνος, cf. Latinsopnus, somnus; Curtius, § 391), from Homer down, Hebrew שֵׁנָה, sleep: properly, Matthew 1:24; Luke 9:32; John 11:13; Acts 20:9; metaphorically, ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθῆναι (see ἐγείρω, 1), Romans 13:11.