καθεύδων

katheúdō

sleeping

To sleep; refers to the act of being asleep, in a physical or literal sense, or to fall asleep. In certain contexts, especially figurative, it may signify being unaware or inattentive, or refer euphemistically to the state of death (as in 'to fall asleep' in death). Core meaning involves the condition or act of sleeping, with extended application in metaphorical language.

G2518

Mark 4:38 · Word #10

Lexicon G2518

Lemmaκαθεύδω
Transliterationkatheúdō
Strong'sG2518
DefinitionTo sleep; refers to the act of being asleep, in a physical or literal sense, or to fall asleep. In certain contexts, especially figurative, it may signify being unaware or inattentive, or refer euphemistically to the state of death (as in 'to fall asleep' in death). Core meaning involves the condition or act of sleeping, with extended application in metaphorical language.

Morphology V PRS ACT 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 ACT — Active — The subject performs 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

Lemmaκαθεύδω
Strong'sG2518

SIBI-P1 Translation G2518-09

one sleeping

Morphological NotesVerb; present tense (ongoing), active voice, participle; nominative masculine singular.
Rendering RationaleThe present active participle nominative masculine singular denotes an ongoing state, rendered as "one sleeping" to reflect both the continuous aspect and the masculine singular nominative form functioning substantivally.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

sleeping

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
Rationale'one sleeping' is awkward here; in participial context, 'sleeping' suffices and is contextually correct.
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