Bible Dictionary: Slept

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Sleep.

2. (v.) imp. & p. p. of Sleep.

Strong's Hebrew

7901. shakab -- to lie down
... 7900, 7901. shakab. 7902 . to lie down. Transliteration: shakab Phonetic Spelling:
(shaw-kab') Short Definition: slept. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3463. yashen -- sleeping
... Word Origin from yashen Definition sleeping NASB Word Usage asleep (3), sleep (1),
sleeping (1), slept (1), smolders (1), who fall asleep (1), who sleep (1). ...
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3462. yashen -- to sleep
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to sleep NASB Word Usage chronic (1), fell asleep
(1), remained long (1), sleep (10), sleeps (1), slept (5), supply (1). ...
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Library

Of Abbot Machetes, who Never Slept During the Spiritual ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XXIX. Of Abbot Machetes, who never slept during the spiritual
conferences, but always went to sleep during earthly tales. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxix of abbot machetes.htm

The Wind Blew Loud, but Diamond Slept a Deep Sleep...
... Chapter 16 The wind blew loud, but Diamond slept a deep sleep� The wind blew
loud, but Diamond slept a deep sleep, and never heard it. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 16 the wind blew.htm

It is Said Then in the Psalms, "I Laid Me Down and Slept, and Rose ...
... 30. It is said then in the Psalms, "I laid me down and slept, and rose up again,
because the Lord sustained me." Again, in another place, "Because of the ...
/.../30 it is said then.htm

Of the Lord's Crossing the Lake on that Occasion on which He Slept ...
... Chapter XXIV."Of the Lord's Crossing the Lake on that Occasion on Which He Slept
in the Vessel, and of the Casting Out of Those Devils Whom He Suffered to Go ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter xxiv of the lords crossing.htm

A Mirror Held up to God's Face.
... "I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustaineth me.". ... Let me ask you,
honestly now; do you think you would have slept much that night? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/a mirror held up to.htm

When Diamond Got Home He Found his Father at Home Already...
... If he did pull all his bedding on the floor, it did not matter, for he kept baby
very quiet, and made the bed himself again, and slept in it with baby all the ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 23 when diamond got.htm

Appendix 1 Massecheth Middoth
... every guard which did not stand up (which was not standing), the Captain of the
Temple said to him: "Peace be to thee." If he observed that he slept, he smote ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/appendix 1 massecheth middoth.htm

Of the Incomparable Love which the Mother of God, Our Blessed Lady ...
... [165] No, Theotimus, this heavenly Queen never slept but with love ... what dreams must
thy most holy Mother have had when she slept, while her heart watched? ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter viii of the incomparable.htm

Next it is Written that "He Gave up the Ghost. " this Also had ...
... iniquity, and his place is in peace." And in another place, "I will give the malignant
for his burial;" and yet once more, "He hath lain down and slept as a ...
/.../27 next it is written.htm

Whether a Movement of the Free Will is Required for the ...
... Yet Solomon received the gift of wisdom from God while he slept (I Kings, ch.3,
and II Chron., ch.1). It is just as reasonable that a man should sometimes ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article three whether a movement.htm

Thesaurus

Slept (74 Occurrences)
...Slept (74 Occurrences). Matthew 8:24 and behold, the water became very agitated
on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he slept. (DBY). ...
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Succeeded (81 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 1 Kings 11:43 Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city
of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place. (See NIV). ...
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Stead (117 Occurrences)
... Genesis 2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept:
and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; (Root ...
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Sama'ria (102 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). 1 Kings 16:28 And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in
Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. (See RSV). ...
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Buried (125 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). 1 Kings 2:10 David slept with his fathers,
and was buried in the city of David. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) ...
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Rehobo'am (42 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David his father; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. (See RSV). ...
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Resurrection (42 Occurrences)
... `But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that
slept.' Therefore the Bible is true from Genesis to Revelation. ...
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Reigned (206 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 11:43 Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place. ...
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Jerobo'am (92 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). 1 Kings 14:20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty
years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. ...
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Rested (81 Occurrences)
... place. (See NIV). 2 Kings 14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah,
after that the king slept with his fathers. (See NIV). 2 ...
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Bible Concordance

Slept (74 Occurrences)

Matthew 8:24 and behold, the water became very agitated on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he slept.
(DBY)

Matthew 13:25 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Matthew 25:5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Matthew 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
(KJV WBS)

Matthew 28:13 saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
(KJV WBS)

Genesis 2:21 Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Genesis 19:8 See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."
(See NIV)

Genesis 26:10 Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"
(See NIV)

Genesis 30:4 She gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.
(See NIV)

Genesis 30:16 Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." He lay with her that night.
(See NIV)

Genesis 35:22 It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
(See NIV)

Genesis 38:18 He said, "What pledge will I give you?" She said, "Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
(See NIV)

Genesis 41:5 He slept and dreamed a second time: and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Numbers 5:19 The priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman, "If no man has lain with you, and if you haven't gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.
(See NIV)

Numbers 31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
(See NIV)

Numbers 31:18 But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
(See NIV)

Numbers 31:35 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so you shall put away the evil from Israel.
(See NIV)

Joshua 2:1 Joshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, including Jericho." They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.
(WEB)

Judges 16:14 So while he slept, Deli'lah took the seven locks of his head and wove them into the web. And she made them tight with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep, and pulled away the pin, the loom, and the web.
(DBY NAS RSV)

Judges 21:12 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 2:22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they lay with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 4:6 They came there into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the body: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
(See RSV)

2 Samuel 11:4 David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 11:9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and didn't go down to his house.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 12:3 but the poor man had nothing at all, but one little ewe lamb which he had bought, and was nourishing; and it grew up with him, and together with his children: it ate of his morsel, and drank of his own cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
(DBY NIV)

1 Kings 2:10 David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 3:20 She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 11:21 When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Let me depart, that I may go to my own country."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 11:43 Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 14:20 The days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 14:31 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 15:8 Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 15:24 Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 16:6 Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 16:28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 19:5 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 22:50 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 8:24 Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 10:35 Jehu slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria. Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 13:9 Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 13:13 Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat on his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 14:16 Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 14:22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 14:29 Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zechariah his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 15:7 Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 15:22 Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 15:38 Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 16:20 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 20:21 Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 21:18 Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Kings 24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 9:31 Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 12:16 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 14:1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 16:13 Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 21:1 Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 26:2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 26:23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 27:9 Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 28:27 Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 32:33 Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 33:20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Job 3:13 For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 3:5 I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Psalms 76:5 Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Song of Songs 5:2 I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
(DBY RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 51:39 In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not -- an affirmation of Jehovah.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 51:57 And I have caused its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not -- an affirmation of the king, Jehovah of Hosts 'is' His name.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 23:8 Neither has she left her prostitution since the days of Egypt; for in her youth they lay with her, and they handled the bosom of her virginity; and they poured out their prostitution on her.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 23:44 They went in to her, as they go in to a prostitute: so went they in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 34:25 And I have made for them a covenant of peace, And caused evil beasts to cease out of the land, And they have dwelt in a wilderness confidently, And they have slept in forests.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Slept

Related Terms

Succeeded (81 Occurrences)

Stead (117 Occurrences)

Sama'ria (102 Occurrences)

Buried (125 Occurrences)

Rehobo'am (42 Occurrences)

Resurrection (42 Occurrences)

Reigned (206 Occurrences)

Jerobo'am (92 Occurrences)

Rested (81 Occurrences)