ΕΚΑΘΕΥΔΟΝ, εκαθευδον
EKATHEUDON, ekatheudon
Sounds Like: eh-KATH-ev-don
Translations: they were sleeping, they slept, they kept sleeping
From the root: ΚΑΘΕΥΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the third person plural imperfect active indicative form of the verb 'καθεύδω' (katheudō), meaning 'to sleep'. The imperfect tense describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past, or an action that was in progress. Thus, 'ΕΚΑΘΕΥΔΟΝ' indicates that 'they' were in the process of sleeping or continued to sleep.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G2518 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 25:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΕΥΔΩ.
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.
- ἘΚΑΘΕΥΔΕ — he was sleeping, she was sleeping, it was sleeping, he slept, she slept, it slept
- ἘΚΑΘΕΥΔΕΝ — he was sleeping, she was sleeping, it was sleeping, he slept, she slept, it slept
- ἘΚΑΘΕΥΔΟΝ — I was sleeping, they were sleeping, to sleep, to be asleep
- ΕΚΑΘΕΥΔΕ — he was sleeping, he slept, he lay down to sleep
- ΕΚΑΘΕΥΔΕΝ — he was sleeping, he slept, he was asleep
- ΕΚΑΘΕΥΔΩ — I was sleeping, I slept, I lay down to sleep
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔ — sleep, be asleep, be dead, be negligent
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΕ — sleep, be asleep
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΕΙ — sleep, be asleep
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΕΙΝ — to sleep, to be asleep
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΕΙΣ — you sleep, you are sleeping
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΕΤΕ — you sleep, you are sleeping, sleep
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΗ — sleep, be asleep, fall asleep
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΗΣ — you sleep, you are sleeping, you may sleep
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΙ — sleep, be asleep, fall asleep, be sleeping
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΙΝ — to sleep, to be asleep, to be sleeping
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΙΣ — you sleep, you are sleeping, you are asleep
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΟΝΤΑ — sleeping, asleep, one sleeping, the one sleeping
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΟΝΤΑΣ — sleeping, asleep, a sleeping one, the sleeping ones
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΟΝΤΕΣ — sleeping, those sleeping, being asleep
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΟΝΤΟΣ — of sleeping, of one sleeping, of him sleeping
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΟΝΤΩΝ — of those sleeping, of those who sleep, of the sleeping ones
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΟΤΑΣ — sleeping, those sleeping, while sleeping
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΟΤΕΣ — sleeping, those sleeping, while sleeping
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΟΥΣΙΝ — they sleep, they are sleeping, they are asleep
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΩ — sleep, be asleep, be sleeping
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΩΜΕΝ — we sleep, we are sleeping, we are asleep
- ΚΑΘΕΥΔΩΝ — sleeping, asleep, one who sleeps
- ΣΥΓΚΑΘΕΥΔΕΙ — to sleep with, to lie with
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