Greek verb · G2837
κοιμάω
koimaokoy-mah'-o
to sleep
18 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: koimáō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2837is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2837
to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
The King James renders it: (be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead.
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
koimao is rendered "to sleep". It stands 18 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Six of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 27:52The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
Matthew 27:52κεκοιμημένων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's eighteen uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- having fallen asleep5
- he fell asleep2
- sleeping2
- are fallen asleep1
- being asleep1
- fell asleep1
- has fallen asleep1
- he has fallen asleep1
- shall have died1
- themselves falling asleep1
- we will sleep1
- were fallen asleep1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κοίμησις | koimesis | sleep | Uses1 |
All 18, 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
- ἐκοιμήθη2
- ἐκοιμήθησαν2
- κεκοιμημένων2
- κεκοίμηται2
- κοιμηθέντας2
- κοιμωμένων2
- κοιμηθέντες1
- κοιμηθῇ1
- κοιμηθησόμεθα1
- κοιμώμενος1
- κοιμωμένους1
- κοιμῶνται1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-API-3P
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-API-3S
- verb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural2V-APP-APM
- verb · present middle, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2V-PMP-GPM
- verb · perfect middle, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-RMI-3S
- verb · perfect middle, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2V-RMP-GPM
- verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-APP-NPM
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-APS-3S
- verb · future passive, indicative · 1st person plural1V-FPI-1P
- verb · present middle, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PMI-3P
- verb · present middle, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-PMP-APM
- verb · present middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PMP-NSM
Matthew
two uses
The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
- κεκοιμημένωνkekoimemenonverb · perfect middle, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: having fallen asleep
and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
- κοιμωμένωνkoimomenonverb · present middle, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: being asleep
Luke
one use
When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
- κοιμωμένουςkoimomenousverb · present middle, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sleeping
John
two uses
After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
- κεκοίμηταιkekoimetaiverb · perfect middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has fallen asleep
His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”
- κεκοίμηταιkekoimetaiverb · perfect middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he has fallen asleep
Acts
three uses
Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- ἐκοιμήθηekoimetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he fell asleep
On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
- κοιμώμενοςkoimomenosverb · present middle, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: sleeping
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
- ἐκοιμήθηekoimetheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he fell asleep
1 Corinthians
six uses
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
- κοιμηθῇkoimetheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall have died
That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
- κοιμῶνταιkoimontaiverb · present middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are fallen asleep
After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
- ἐκοιμήθησανekoimethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were fallen asleep
Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
- κοιμηθέντεςkoimethentesverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having fallen asleep
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
- κεκοιμημένωνkekoimemenonverb · perfect middle, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: having fallen asleep
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
- κοιμηθησόμεθαkoimethesomethaverb · future passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we will sleep
1 Thessalonians
three uses
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
- κοιμωμένωνkoimomenonverb · present middle, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: themselves falling asleep
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
- κοιμηθένταςkoimethentasverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having fallen asleep
By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
- κοιμηθένταςkoimethentasverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having fallen asleep
2 Peter
one use
“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
- ἐκοιμήθησανekoimethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: fell asleep
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.