greek #879 - ἀφυπνόω aphupnoo (to fall asleep)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fall asleep. From a compound of apo and hupnos; properly, to become awake, i.e. (by implication) to drop (off) in slumber -- fall asleep. see GREEK apo see GREEK hupnos Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 879: ἀφυπνόωἀφυπνόω, ἀφύπνω: 1 aorist ἀφυπνωσα; (ὑπνόω to put to sleep, to sleep);a.to awaken from sleep (Anthol. Pal. 9, 517, 5). b.to fall asleep, to fall off to sleep: Luke 8:23; for this the ancient Greeks used καθυπνόω; see Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 224. (Hermas, vis. 1, 1 [ET].) Englishman's Concordance (References) |