Koimaō κοιμάω

Koimaō (Greek κοιμάω, Strong's G2837) is a Greek verb meaning “to sleep”. It occurs 18 times in 18 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Sleep

Verses

Every verse with Koimaō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 27:52
  And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
• Matthew 28:13
  Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’

Luke

• Luke 22:45
  And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

John

• John 11:11
  These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
• John 11:12
  Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”

Acts

• 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.Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• Acts 12:6
  And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
• Acts 13:36
  For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 7:39
  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 11:30
  For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
• 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.After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
• 1 Corinthians 15:18
  Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
• 1 Corinthians 15:20
  But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• 1 Corinthians 15:51
  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

1 Thessalonians

• 1 Thessalonians 4:13
  But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14
  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in 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.By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 3:4
  And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).