κοιμώμενος

koimáō

sleeping

To cause to sleep or to fall asleep; in passive and middle forms, to sleep or be asleep. Figuratively, especially in Hellenistic and later Jewish-Greek sources including the New Testament, used as a euphemism for dying ('to fall asleep' = 'to die'). The core primary meaning is inducing or experiencing sleep, with an extended figurative usage referring to death as a peaceful sleep.

G2837

Acts 12:6 · Word #14

Lexicon G2837

Lemmaκοιμάω
Transliterationkoimáō
Strong'sG2837
DefinitionTo cause to sleep or to fall asleep; in passive and middle forms, to sleep or be asleep. Figuratively, especially in Hellenistic and later Jewish-Greek sources including the New Testament, used as a euphemism for dying ('to fall asleep' = 'to die'). The core primary meaning is inducing or experiencing sleep, with an extended figurative usage referring to death as a peaceful sleep.

Morphology V PRS PASS PTCP NOM M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state of being
Tense PRS — Present — Ongoing or repeated action
Voice PASS — Passive — The subject receives the action
Mood PTCP — Participle — A verbal adjective
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

Phrasesleeping
Literalsleeping

Lexical Info

Lemmaκοιμάω
Strong'sG2837

SIBI-P1 Translation G2837-10

sleeping one

Morphological NotesVerb, present passive participle, nominative masculine singular (Gr,V,PPP,NMS); denotes an ongoing state of being asleep functioning adjectivally or substantivally.
Rendering RationaleThe present passive participle nominative masculine singular denotes one who is in the ongoing state of being asleep. Although passive in form, the verb commonly functions intransitively in this voice, so "sleeping one" preserves both the root sense of sleep and the participial, nominative masculine singular morphology.

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