Strong's Greek · G2837
κοιμάω
koimáō
Definitionto put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
Derivationfrom G2749 (κεῖμαι);
KJV usage(be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead
Occurrences18 in the KJV · 18 verses
κοιμάω in Scripture
Matthew 27:52
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
Matthew 28:13
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
Luke 22:45
And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
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.
John 11:12
Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, 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.
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.
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:
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.
1 Corinthians 11:30
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
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.
1 Corinthians 15:18
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
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