ΚΑΘΥΠΝΩΣΕΝ, καθυπνωσεν
KATHYPNŌSEN, kathypnōsen
Sounds Like: kath-oop-NO-sen
Translations: fell asleep, slept soundly, was overcome by sleep
From the root: ΚΑΘΥΠΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb meaning to fall into a deep sleep or to be overcome by sleep. It describes the action of someone succumbing to sleep, often implying a profound or complete state of slumber. It is formed from the preposition κατά (kathá), meaning 'down' or 'completely', and the verb ὑπνόω (hypnóō), meaning 'to put to sleep' or 'to sleep'.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G2518 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 2:18
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
- ΚΑΘΥΠΝΟΩ — to fall asleep, to be fast asleep, to sleep soundly
- ΚΑΘΥΠΝΩΚΟΤΑ — fallen asleep, having fallen asleep
- ΚΑΘΥΠΝΩΜΕΝΟΝ — having fallen asleep, being sound asleep, being asleep
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