G2837 - κοιμάω - koimáō - koy-mah'-o - Sleep
Original: κοιμάω
Transliteration: koimáō
Phonetic: koy-mah'-o
Short Definition: Sleep
- Original:
- Definition:
1. to cause to sleep, put to sleep
2. metaph.
a. to still, calm, quiet
b. to fall asleep, to sleep
c. to die
- Origin: from G2749 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G2749; to put to sleep that is (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively to decease: - (be a- fall a- fall on) sleep be dead.Cognate: G2838