Word study · Greek
katheúdō
sleep
Say it: kath-YOO-do (approximate)
καθεύδω
What it means
To sleep, whether literally or as a picture of spiritual carelessness. In 5:6-7, "let's not sleep, as the rest do." In 5:10, "whether we wake or sleep" is a clever twist: all live with him.
Range of meaning
- SleepBe asleep.
- Be carelessLose watchfulness.
In 1 Thessalonians
- Chapter 5
"So then let's not sleep" (5:6-7, 5:10).
Every verse (3)
Verses where G2518 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources