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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ὕπνος

Lemmaὕπνος
Citation formὕπνος, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glosssleep
Strong’sG5258
Transliterationhýpnos
Definitionsleep, i.e. (figuratively) spiritual torpor
KJV glosses:--sleep.
Derivationfrom an obsolete primary (perhaps akin to through the idea of subsilience)
SBLGNT occurrences5

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ὕπνου
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — Matthew 1:24
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — John 11:13
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — Acts 20:9
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — Romans 13:11
ὕπνῳ
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-) — Luke 9:32
noun, dative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----DSM-) — Acts 20:9

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: υπνος.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for ὕπνος with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.