Greek verb · G2518
καθεύδω
katheudokath-yoo'-do
to sleep
22 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: katheúdō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2518is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2518
to lie down to rest, i.e. (by implication) to fall asleep (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: (be a-)sleep.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
katheudo is rendered "to sleep". It stands 22 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Mark, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:24Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
Matthew 8:24ἐκάθευδεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's twenty-two uses are in Mark.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- sleeping8
- sleeps3
- Are you sleeping2
- Sleep2
- are you asleep1
- he may sleep1
- to sleep1
- was sleeping1
- we may sleep1
- we shall sleep1
- were sleeping1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- καθεύδοντας5
- καθεύδει3
- καθεύδετε3
- καθεύδωμεν2
- καθεύδων2
- ἐκάθευδεν1
- ἐκάθευδον.¶1
- καθεύδειν1
- καθεύδεις1
- καθεύδῃ1
- καθεύδοντες1
- καθεύδουσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural5V-PAP-APM
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person plural3V-PAI-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person plural2V-PAS-1P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-PAI-2S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
- verb · present active, participle · vocative (address) · masculine singular1V-PAP-VSM
Matthew
seven uses
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
- ἐκάθευδενekatheudenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was sleeping
“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
- καθεύδειkatheudeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sleeps
But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
- καθεύδεινkatheudeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sleep
When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
- ἐκάθευδον.¶ekatheudonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were sleeping
Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He asked Peter.
- καθεύδονταςkatheudontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sleeping
And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy.
- καθεύδονταςkatheudontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sleeping
Then He returned to the disciples and said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
- καθεύδετεkatheudeteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: Sleep
Mark
eight uses
Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
- καθεύδῃkatheudeverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may sleep
But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
- καθεύδωνkatheudonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sleeping
He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
- καθεύδειkatheudeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sleeps
Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.
- καθεύδονταςkatheudontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sleeping
Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?
- καθεύδονταςkatheudontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sleeping
- καθεύδειςkatheudeisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: are you asleep
And again Jesus returned and found them sleeping—for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.
- καθεύδονταςkatheudontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sleeping
When Jesus returned the third time, He said, “Are you still sleeping and resting? That is enough! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
- καθεύδετεkatheudeteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: Are you sleeping
Luke
two uses
Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
- καθεύδειkatheudeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: sleeps
“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”
- καθεύδετεkatheudeteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: are you sleeping
Ephesians
one use
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
- καθεύδωνkatheudonverb · present active, participle · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: sleeping
1 Thessalonians
four uses
So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
- καθεύδωμενkatheudomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may sleep
For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
- καθεύδοντεςkatheudontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: sleeping
- καθεύδουσινkatheudousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sleep
He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
- καθεύδωμενkatheudomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall sleep
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.