2001 Translation

YPNŌN, ypnōn

Sounds Like: HOOP-nohn

Translations: of sleep, of sleeps

From the root: ΥΠΝΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the state of sleep or slumber. It can be used to describe a literal state of rest or, metaphorically, a state of spiritual inactivity or death. In the provided examples, it refers to a literal state of sleep or a metaphorical 'unlawful sleep' (referring to illicit sexual acts).

Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine

Strong’s number: G5258 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 77:65
• Wisdom — 4:6
• Jeremiah — 14:9

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 33:8

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Psalms — 77:65
• Wisdom — 4:6
• Jeremiah — 14:9

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΝΟΣ.

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.

• ΑΝΥΠΝΙΑΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to be sleepless, to be awake, to be without sleep
• ΟΥΠΝΟΥ — of sleep, a sleep
• ΥΠΝΟΝ — sleep, a sleep
• ΥΠΝΟΣ — sleep, a sleep
• ΥΠΝΟΥ — of sleep, sleep, a sleep
• ΥΠΝΟΥΣ — sleep, a sleep, dreams
• ΥΠΝΩ — (to) sleep, (to) a sleep, (of) sleep
• ΥΠΝΩΣΙ — to sleep, in sleep, to slumber, in slumber

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