H8639 תַּרְדֵּמָה (tardêmâh) tar-day-maw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

deep sleep

Strong's Definition

a lethargy or (by implication) trance

Derivation: from H7290 (רָדַם);

KJV Usage: deep sleep.

TWOT Reference: 2123a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) deep sleep, trance

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2285 G2659

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תַּרְדֵּמָה (tar.de.mah) — deep sleep. deep sleep, trance

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תַּרְדֵּמָה (H8639)

noun f · רדם

Asleep

deep sleep = state in which humans are deeply asleep; ≈ sometimes associated with having dreams and visions, sometimes with being inactive

GEN 2:21 · GEN 15:12 · 1SA 26:12 · JOB 4:13 · JOB 33:15 · PRO 19:15 · ISA 29:10

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תַּרְדֵּמָה n.f. deep sleep base

Bible Occurrences (7)

2:21 15:12

26:12

4:13 33:15

19:15

29:10

Genesis 2:21

So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of [the man’s] ribs and closed up the area with flesh.

Genesis 15:12

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

1 Samuel 26:12

So David took the spear and water... jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them [or] knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

Job 4:13

In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

Proverbs 19:15

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

Isaiah 29:10

For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.