καθεύδω

καθεύδω

[in LXX chiefly for שָׁכַב, 1 Mos 28,13, Sl 88,5, al.; also for יָשֵׁן, Hoj 5,2, Dan LXX TH Dan 12,2, al.; for יָשַׁב, 1 Sam 19,9 ;]

to sleep: Matt 8,24; 9,24; 13,25; 25,5; 26,46, 43; 26,45, Mark 4,27, 38; 5,39; 14,37, 40-41, Luk 8,52; 22,46, 1 Thess 5,7. Metaphorical,

(a) of death (as Ps, Da, ll. with): 1 Thess 5,10 (cf. Matt 9,24, Mark 5,39, Luk 8,52, and see Swete, Mk., l.with);

(b) of moral and spiritual insensibility: Mark 13,36, Ef 5,14, 1 Thess 5,6.†

SYN.: (κοιμάω.)