Dictionary entry

καθεύδω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

καθεύδω,

[in LXX chiefly for שׁכב, Ge 28:13, Ps 87 (88):5, al.; also for יָשֵׁן, Ca 5:2, Da LXX TH 12:2, al.; for ישׁב, I Ki 19:9;]

to sleep: Mt 8:249:2413:2525:526:40, 43, 45, Mk 4:27, 385:3914:37, 40, 41, Lk 8:5222:46, I Th 5:7. Metaph.,

(a) of death (as Ps 87 (88):5, Da LXX TH 12:2): I Th 5:10 (cf. Mt 9:24, Mk 5:39, Lk 8:52, and v. Swete, Mk 5:39);

(b) of moral and spiritual insensibility: Mk 13:36, Eph 5:14, I Th 5:6.†

SYN.: κοιμάω.