ΚΑΤΕΚΟΙΜΗΘΗ, κατεκοιμηθη
KATEKOIMĒTHĒ, katekoimēthē
Sounds Like: kah-teh-koy-MEE-thay
Translations: fell asleep, slept, was laid to rest
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΚΟΙΜΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata, meaning 'down' or 'completely') and the verb κοιμάω (koimaō, meaning 'to put to sleep' or 'to sleep'). It means to fall asleep, to sleep soundly, or metaphorically, to die and be laid to rest. It is used to describe someone entering a state of sleep or, in a euphemistic sense, passing away.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Passive, Third Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2650 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 4:52
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΚΟΙΜΑΩ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΚΟΙΜΑΩ — to fall asleep, to sleep, to lie down to sleep
- ΚΑΤΑΚΟΙΜΗΘΕΙΣ — having fallen asleep, having gone to sleep, having slept
- ΚΑΤΑΚΟΙΜΗΘΕΝΤΙ — having fallen asleep, having gone to sleep, to one who has fallen asleep
- ΚΑΤΑΚΟΙΜΗΘΗΝΑΙ — to fall asleep, to sleep soundly, to rest
- ΚΑΤΑΚΟΙΜΩΜΕΝΩΝ — of those sleeping, of those fallen asleep, of those resting, of those lying down
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