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G5258 ὕπνος (hýpnos)
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ὕπνος, ου, ὁ n.m. sleep

Strong's Definition

from an obsolete primary (perhaps akin to 5259 through the idea of subsilience); sleep, i.e. (figuratively) spiritual torpor

KJV Usage: sleep

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -ου | ἀγρυπνέω · ἀγρυπνία · ἀφυπνόω · ἐνυπνιάζομαι · ἐνύπνιον · ἐξυπνίζω · ἔξυπνος

23.66 · Physiological Processes and States · Sleep, Waking

to sleep, to be asleep, sleep the state of being asleep In some languages sleep is expressed by an idiom, for example, ‘his soul had wandered away’ or ‘his eyes had disappeared.’ Though an expression such as ‘his soul had wandered away’ might appear in some languages to have misleading theological implications, it really means only ‘to sleep.’

MAT 1:24 · LUK 9:32 · JHN 11:13 · ACT 20:9 · ACT 20:9 · ROM 13:11

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὕπνος, -ov, ὁ, [i. 6. σύπνος, cf. Lat. sopnus, somnus; Curtius ὃ 3911, fr. Hom. down, Hebr. 713¥, sleep: prop., Mt. i. 24; Lk. ix. 32; Jn. xi.13; Acts xx.9; metaph. ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθῆναι (see ἐγείρω, 1), Ro. xiii. 11.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὕπνος hypnos 6x

sleep, Mt. 1:24; Lk. 9:32; Jn. 11:13; Acts 20:9; met. spiritual sleep, religious slumber, Rom. 13:11*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

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.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὕπνος. For the significance of visions granted in sleep (cf. Gen 2810. 1 Kingd 3°), we may note the important PSI IV. 435° (B.c. 258-7) (= Deissmann ZAZ?, p. 153), where a certain Zoilus writes to his friend and patron Apollonius— ἐμοὶ συμβέβηκεν θεραπεύοντι τὸν θεὸν Σάραπιν περὶ τῆς σῆς ὑγιείας... τὸν Σάραπίμ μοι χρημα[τίζει]ν πλε[ον Ἰά κ[ι]ς ἐν τοῖς ὕπνοις, ὅπως ἂν διαπλεύσω πρὸς σὲ καὶ ἐμ[φανίσω σοι τοῦτ]οἵ ν] τὸ[ν] χρηματισμόν, ““1ι happened to me, while serving the god Sarapis for thy health . . ., that Sarapis warned me many a time in sleep that I should sail over to thee and signify to thee this answer’: cf. P Par 45° (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski?, p. 85, UPZ i. p. 329) ὁρῶ [[rov]} ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ τὸν δραπέδην Μενέδημον ἀντικείμενον ἡμῖν, P Lond 121410 (iii/A.pD.) (=I. p. 97) εἰδέτω por. . . ἐν τοῖς ὕπνοις, a spell for making a person talk in his sleep. From the inscrr. we may cite OG/S 6107 (vi/A.D.) from Part VIII. e , UTO above the door of a church dedicated to 5. George in Syria Tewpylov . . . τοῦ φανέντος αὐτῷ ᾿Ιωάννῃ οὐ kad’ ὕπνον, ἀλλὰ φανερῶς. In the private letter Preisigke 4317γ8 (c. A.D. 200) the writer complains to his correspondent—trrvos οὐ[κ] ἔρχεταί μοι διὰ νυκτὸς χάρειν τῆς σῆς <<o>>ampoepaloer (/. ἀπροαιρέσεως, *‘inconsiderateness”). For the metaph. use applied to death see the sepulchral inser. Aazbe/ 433 (ii/A.D.) Leginning—trvos ἔχει oe, μάκαρ. The verb is seen in such passages as BGU IV. 1141°° (B.c. 14) μή tis ἔξω ὕπνωκε, and P Meyer 194 (ii/A.D.) (as read by Wilcken, Archiv vi. p. 407) ὕπνωσα εἰς Χῦσιν (-- ἐν Χύσει, name of a village). «Ὁ ὑπο. I. c. gen. = “by” (a) of person or thing after passive verbs; P Hib I. 34? (b.c. 243-2) ᾿Αντίγονος ἀδικοῦμαι ὑπὸ Tlatpwvos, “1, Antigonus, am unjustly treated by Patron,” P Giss I. 414! (beginning of Hadrian’s reign) (= Chest. I. Pp. 30) οὐ γὰρ μόνον ὑπὸ τῆς μακρᾶς ἀποδημίας τὰ ἡμέτερα] παϊ[ντ]άπασιν ἀμεληθέντα τυγχ[άνει, and P Grenf II. 731° (late iii/A.p.) (= Selections, p. 118) τὴν ἸΠολιτικὴν τὴν πεμφθεῖσαν eis "Oar ὑπὸ τῆς ἡγεμονίας, ‘* Politike who was sent into the Oasis by the government.” (b) after neuter verbs or active verbs which carry a passive meaning: P Oxy II. 239° (A.D. 66) ὀμνύω... μηδεμίαν λογείαν γεγονέναι ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ κώμῃ, “1 swear that 1 have levied no contributions for any purpose whatever in the said village ” (Edd.), P Amh II. 784(a.p. 184) βίαν πάσχων ἑκάστοτε ὑπὸ “Hxyoews, “1 am constantly suffering violence from Hekusis” (Edd.) (cf. Mt 173%), and Pretsigke 1209 *AmrohNwvtos . . . ἐτελεύτησεν ὑπὸ σκορπίου. For further exx. of ὑπό denoting cause, cf. P Tebt I. 4451 (B.c. 114) ὑ[πὸ τ]ῶν πληγῶν κινδυν[εύω]ι τῶι ζῆν, ‘in consequence of the blows my life is in danger’ (Edd.), P Par 2695 (B.C. 162) (= UPZ i. p. 247) ὑπὸ τῆς λιμοῦ διαλνόμεναι, and 206. 4755 (c. B.c. 152-1) (= UPZ i. p. 332, Selections p. 23) οὐκ ἔστι ἀνακύψαι pe πόποτε ἐν TH Τρικομίαι ὑπὸ τῆς αἰσχύνης, “it is not possible ever to look up again in Tricomia for very shame.” 2. c. acc. in the sense of ‘‘ under,” ‘‘subject to”: P Hib I. 442 (B.C. 253) περὶ τῶν μαχίμων τῶν ὄντων ἐν τοῖς ὑπὸ σὲ τόποις, ““σοποετηΐπηρ the native soldiers in the districts under you” (Edd.), PSI IV. 3845 (B.c. 248-7) τῶν ὑπὸ σὲ τὴν ὑικὴν πραγματευομένον (= -évwv), P Petr 11. 46(4)* (B.c. 200) οὔπω ὑπὸ ἱππάρχην, ‘not yet undera cavalry colonel,” P Tebt I. 52 (B.c. 118) τοὺς ὑ[πὸ] τὴϊν βασιλήαν πάντας, P Oxy I. 608 (A.D. 323) τοῖς ὑπὸ Οὐαλεριανὸν πραιπόσιτον νυνὶ ἐκῖσε διατρίβουσι, P Amh 11. 1398 (A.D. 350) τοῦ ὑπὸ σὲ πάγου, ‘the pagus under your jurisdiction,” and P Grenf 11. 978 (vi/a.D.) Tod ὑπὸ σὲ κτήματος. Note also the construction, said to be of Egyptian origin (Thumb Helen. Ὁ. 124), by which ὑπό is used of the *‘Jading’’ of an animal, e.g. Fay Ostr 145 (A.D. 1) ὑπ(ὸ) κριθ(ὴν) ὄνον ἕνα, ‘one ass laden with barley,” Meyer Ost 812 (a.D. 23) tm(d) λαχανό(σπερμον) ὄνον ἕνα, “‘one ass laden with vegetable seed,’’ BGU I. 24876 (a.p. 70-80) ὀνάριον ὑπὸ τρίχωρο(ν) οἴνου, ‘fan ass laden with three chores of wine,” and P Tebt II. 42317 (early ii/a.D.) κτήνη ὑπὸ χόρτον, “the animals laden with hay.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὕπνος (hupnos) — sleep. 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. [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.)

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