Quick Definition
sleeplessness, watching
Strong's Definition
sleeplessness, i.e. a keeping awake
Derivation: from G69 (ἀγρυπνέω);
KJV Usage: watch
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀγρυπνία, ἀγρυπνίας, ἡ, sleeplessness, watching: 2Co_6:5; 2Co_11:27. (From Herodotus down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀγρυπνία agrypnia 2x
want of sleep, watching, 2Co_6:5 ; 2Co_11:27
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀγρυπνία , -ας , ἡ ( v . supr .),
[in LXX : Sir_9:1-18 , 2Ma_2:26 * ;]
sleepless\-ness, watching: 2Co_6:5 ; 2Co_11:27 . ( Plat ., Hdt .; for exx . in Papyri, v. MM , VGT , s.v. )
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀγρυπνία [page 7]
This word, in NT only 2Co_6:5 ; 2Co_11:27 , is found in Syll 803 .50 (iii/B.C.) οὗτος ἀγρυπνίαις συνεχόμενος διὰ τὸμ πόνον τᾶς κεφαλᾶ [ς ] a passage which also throws light on the NT usage of συνέχομαι , e.g. Mat_4:24 νόσοις καὶ βασάνοις συνεχομένους . For the adverb of the primary ἄγρυπνος , see OGIS 194 .23 (i/B.C.) ἀ [γρ ]ύπνως . . . [ἐφ ]ρόντισεν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀγρυπνία [Etym: ἀγρυπνέω] "sleeplessness, waking, watching", Plat. ; ἀγρυπνίῃσιν εἴχετο Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀγρυπνία, -ας, ἡ (see supr.),
[in LXX: Si .9, 2Ma.2:26 * ;]
sleeplessness, watching: 2Co.6:5 11:27. (Plat., Hdt.; for exx. in π., see MM, VGT, see word) †
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