Lexical Definition
ὕπνος hýpnos (hoop'-nos) sleep G:N-M
from an obsolete primary (perhaps akin to ὑπό through the idea of subsilience)
sleep.
- sleep, i.e. (figuratively) spiritual torpor
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| ὕπνῳ | by sleep | Acts.20.9 |
| with sleep | Luke.9.32 | |
| ὕπνου | of sleep | John.11.13 |
| sleep | Matt.1.24 • Acts.20.9 • Rom.13.11 | |
| ύπνω | a sleep | LXX.1Sam.26.7 |
| my sleep | LXX.Gen.40.9 • LXX.Gen.41.17 • LXX.Gen.41.22 | |
| sleep | LXX.Gen.20.3 • LXX.Gen.31.10 • LXX.Num.12.6 • LXX.Num.24.4 • LXX.Num.24.16 • LXX.1Kgs.3.5 • LXX.Isa.29.7 • LXX.Isa.29.8 | |
| ύπνου | his sleep | LXX.Gen.28.16 • LXX.Judg.16.14 • LXX.Judg.16.20 • LXX.Zech.4.1 |
| of sleep | LXX.Hos.7.6 | |
| sleep | LXX.Prov.6.9 | |
| their sleep | LXX.Job.14.12 | |
| ύπνοσ | his sleep | LXX.Dan.2.1 |
| my sleep | LXX.Jer.31.26 | |
| sleep | LXX.Gen.31.40 • LXX.Prov.4.16 • LXX.Eccl.5.12 • LXX.Dan.6.18 | |
| ύπνον | sleep | LXX.Gen.20.6 • LXX.Gen.31.11 • LXX.Gen.31.24 • LXX.Esth.6.1 • LXX.Ps.127.2 • LXX.Ps.132.4 • LXX.Prov.6.4 • LXX.Eccl.8.16 • LXX.Jer.51.39 |
| their sleep | LXX.Ps.76.5 |
Abbott-Smith
ὕπνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for שֵׁנָה, חֲלוֹם, etc. ;]
sleep: Mt 1:24, Lk 9:32, Jo 11:13, Ac 20:9; metaph., Ro 13:11.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 1:24 |
| Luke | 9:32 |
| John | 11:13 |
| Acts | 20:9 |
| Romans | 13:11 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ὕπνος, ὁ,
sleep, slumber, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the sleep of death, κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕ. [Refs 8th c.BC+] — Special phrases:
__I of going to sleep, μιν ἐπήλυθε.. ὕ. [ὕπνος ἀνῆκέ τινα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.71, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.551, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 310d: of persons, ὕπνον ἀωτεῖν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.159, etc.; ὕπνου δῶρον ἕλοντο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.481, etc.; λαβεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 223b; κοιμᾶσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 6.7; ἡδὺν ὕπνον καθεύδειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Kith.fragment” 1.5; ὕπνου τυχεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 713; μικρὸν ὕπνου λαχών 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.11; ὕπνου λαχεῖν μέρος 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 218 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν ὕπνῳ or ὕπνῳ πεσεῖν to fall a-sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐχ ὕπνῳ γ᾽ ἐνδόντα (so Badham for εὕδοντά) μ᾽ ἐξεγείρετε [Refs]; also ὕπνῳ δεδμημένος, δαμείς, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νικώμενος, κρατηθεῖσ᾽, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 of waking from sleep, ἐγεῖραί τινα ἐξ ὕπνου [Refs 8th c.BC+]: of the sleeper, ἀνόρουσε, ἔγρετο, ἐξ ὕ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.3 with Preps., when the plural also is not uncommon, ἐν ὕπνῳ in sleep, in a dream, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τοῖς ὕ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ὕπνον ὄντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθ᾽ ὕπνον, κατὰ τοὺς ὕπνους, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; περὶ πρῶτον ὕ. about one's first sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, dreams, ὕ. ἀγένητοι [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II Sleep, as a god, twinbrother of Death, [Refs 8th c.BC+], son of Night without father. [ῠ by nature, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ῡ by position in Epic dialect, etc.] (Cf. Sanskrit svápati 'sleep', substantive svápnas 'sleep, dream'; Latin somnus, sopor, etc.)