ΚΑΘΥΠΝΟΩ, καθυπνοω
KATHYPNOŌ, kathypnoō
Sounds Like: kath-oop-NOH-oh
Translations: to fall asleep, to be fast asleep, to sleep soundly
From the root: ΚΑΘΥΠΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from 'κατά' (down, completely) and 'ὑπνόω' (to sleep). It means to fall into a deep sleep, to be completely overcome by sleep, or to sleep soundly. It emphasizes the completeness or intensity of the sleep. It can be used to describe someone who is literally sleeping deeply or, metaphorically, someone who is spiritually or morally lethargic.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2519 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
None found.
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΘΥΠΝΟΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΘΥΠΝΟΥΝ — to fall asleep, to sleep soundly, to be fast asleep, to be overcome with sleep
- ΚΑΘΥΠΝΩΚΟΤΑ — fallen asleep, having fallen asleep
- ΚΑΘΥΠΝΩΜΕΝΟΝ — having fallen asleep, being sound asleep, being asleep
- ΚΑΘΥΠΝΩΣΕΝ — fell asleep, slept soundly, was overcome by sleep
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.