ἈΓΡΥΠΝΙΑ, ἀγρυπνια
AGRYPNIA, agrypnia
Sounds Like: ag-ROOP-nee-ah
Translations: sleeplessness, wakefulness, vigil, a sleeplessness
From the root: ἈΓΡΥΠΝΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the state of being sleepless or awake, often implying a period of wakefulness for a specific purpose, such as a vigil. It is a compound word derived from 'ἀγρυπνέω' (to be sleepless) and relates to the idea of not sleeping. It can be used in contexts describing a lack of sleep due to worry, work, or religious devotion.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0612 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 21:7
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:187
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΓΡΥΠΝΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΓΡΥΠΝΙΑΝ — sleeplessness, a sleeplessness, watchfulness, a watchfulness
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