ΥΠΝΟΥΣ, υπνους
YPNOUS, ypnous
Sounds Like: HOOP-noos
Translations: sleep, a sleep, dreams
From the root: ΥΠΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the state of sleep or slumber. In the plural, as seen in the examples, it can also refer to dreams or visions experienced during sleep. It is commonly used to describe the physical act of sleeping or the content of one's dreams.
Inflection: Masculine, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5258 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 32:289
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 19:279
- Book 2 — 2:10, 2:11, 5:64, 5:67, 5:80, 9:212
- Book 3 — 11:263
- Book 5 — 6:215
- Book 7 — 7:147
- Book 8 — 2:22, 4:125, 4:129, 7:196
- Book 10 — 10:195, 10:199, 10:216
- Book 11 — 8:327, 8:328, 8:334, 8:335
- Book 13 — 12:322
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 12:21
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
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